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Granted Patent B2
US 12,194,256 · App. 17/883,469 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Expandable sheath

Inventors: Pu Zhou (Dove Canyon, CA); Erik Bulman (Lake Forest, CA); Timothy A. Geiser (Laguna Niguel, CA); Michael G. Valdez (Riverside, CA); Yidong M. Zhu (Tustin, CA); Baigui Bian (Irvine, CA); Sonny Tran (Westminster, CA); Richard D. White (Costa Mesa, CA); Thanh Huy Le (Oceanside, CA); Tung T. Le (Costa Mesa, CA); Alpana Kiran Gowdar (Irvine, CA); Yong Gao (Irvine, CA); David Delon Williams (Bountiful, UT)
Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
A61M25/0662A61F2/2433A61F2/958A61F2/011A61M25/0023A61M2025/0024
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Patent No.
US 12,194,256
App. No.
17/883,469
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A delivery sheath includes an outer tubular layer and an initially folded inner tubular layer. When an implant passes therethrough, the outer tubular layer expands and the inner tubular layer unfolds into an expanded lumen diameter. The sheath may also include selectively placed longitudinal support rods that mediate friction between the inner and outer tubular layers to facilitate easy expansion, thereby reducing the push force needed to advance the implant through the sheath's lumen.

Claims (23)

1. A sheath comprising:

an expandable outer member including a lumen extending therethrough;

an inner member extending longitudinally within the lumen of the outer member, the inner member defining a central lumen of the sheath and including a folded portion; and

at least two reinforcing members extending longitudinally along a length of the sheath and embedded within a wall of the inner member;

wherein the inner and outer members are configured to expand; and

wherein expansion of the sheath causes a circumferential distance between the at least two reinforcing members to increase from a first circumferential distance to a second circumferential distance.

2. The sheath of claim 1 , wherein the folded portion at least partially unfolds during expansion of the inner member.

3. The sheath of claim 1 , wherein the folded portion includes one or more folds,

wherein the one or more folds comprise portions of the inner member arranged in an overlapping configuration that move to a less overlapping configuration increasing a diameter of the central lumen of the sheath.

4. The sheath of claim 3 , wherein the one or more folds wrap along an inner surface of the inner member.

5. The sheath of claim 3 , wherein when the sheath is in an unexpanded configuration, overlapping portions of the one or more folds extend longitudinally along a length of the inner member, and the overlapping portions extend generally parallel to and partially around a central longitudinal axis of the sheath.

6. The sheath of claim 3 , further including a second folded portion circumferentially spaced around the inner member from the folded portion.

7. The sheath of claim 6 , wherein the folded portion and the second folded portion at least partially unfold during expansion of the inner member.

8. The sheath of claim 6 , further including a third folded portion circumferentially spaced around the inner member from the folded portion and the second folded portion, wherein the folded portion, second folded portion and third folded portion are equally spaced circumferentially around the inner member.

9. The sheath of claim 8 , wherein the folded portion, second folded portion and third folded portion each at least partially unfold during expansion of the inner member.

10. The sheath of claim 9 , wherein the at least two reinforcing members include a first, second and third reinforcing member each extending longitudinally along a length of the sheath, and wherein the at least partially unfolded portions of the folded portion, second folded portion and the third folded portion are at least partially radially aligned with a corresponding portion of a second circumferential distance between the first, second and third reinforcing members.

11. The sheath of claim 9 , wherein the at least two reinforcing members are oriented generally parallel to the other, and the at least two reinforcing members extend in a direction generally parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the sheath.

12. The sheath of claim 9 , wherein the at least two reinforcing members and the inner member form a unitary member,

wherein the at least two reinforcing members are manufactured by at least one of coextrusion with the inner member, melting with the inner member, or reflowing with the inner member.

13. The sheath of claim 9 , wherein the at least two reinforcing members have a substantially constant width along the length of the at least two reinforcing members.

14. The sheath of claim 9 , wherein the at least two reinforcing members have a width that varies along the length of the at least two reinforcing members.

15. The sheath of claim 9 , wherein the at least two reinforcing members include a thickness that varies along the length of the reinforcing member.

16. The sheath of claim 8 , wherein the at least two reinforcing members include a first, second and third reinforcing member each extending longitudinally along a length of the sheath, the first, second and third reinforcing members oriented generally parallel to each other and extending in a direction generally parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the sheath.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2023
From: ZHOU, PU; BULMAN, ERIK; GEISER, TIMOTHY A.; VALDEZ, MICHAEL G.; ZHU, YIDONG M.; BIAN, BAIGUI; TRAN, SONNY; WHITE, RICHARD D.; LE, THANH HUY; LE, TUNG T.; GOWDAR, ALPANA KIRAN; GAO, YONG; WILLIAMS, DAVID DELON
To: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
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Continuity (6)
Continuation 16550060 · Aug 23, 2019
Continuation 16149636 · Oct 2, 2018
Continuation 14880111 · Oct 9, 2015
Continuation 14880109 · Oct 9, 2015
Provisional Application 62145968 · Apr 10, 2015
Related Publication 20220379094A1 · Dec 1, 2022
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