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US 12,232,765 · App. 18/207,891 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Medical device for accessing the central nervous system

Inventors: Corey Daniel Brown (Coon Rapids, MN); Don William Eldon Evans (St. Paul, MN); Philip Jon Haarstad (Chanhassen, MN); Brian Dale Nelson (Birchwood, MN)
A61B17/3415A61B17/0293A61B17/3431A61B17/3439A61M25/0102A61M25/09041A61M25/0662A61M2025/09008A61M2025/09166
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Patent No.
US 12,232,765
App. No.
18/207,891
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Medical devices for accessing the central nervous system, as well as making and using medical devices, are disclosed. An example medical device may include an expandable access sheath having a proximal end region and a distal end region. The expandable access sheath may be designed to shift between a first configuration and an expanded configuration. The expandable access sheath may include a tubular body having one or more axial support members disposed along the tubular body. The medical device may include an expansion member designed to shift the expandable access sheath between the first configuration and the expanded configuration.

Claims (8)

1. An expandable access port, comprising:

a housing having an expandable conduit coupled thereto and having a threaded region with an external thread disposed along an exterior surface of the threaded region, the expandable conduit including a plurality of tines;

a planar cap coupled to the housing, the planar cap comprising a rounded base and one or more attachment regions projecting laterally outward from the rounded base, the one or more attachment regions each including two substantially parallel side surfaces that extend radially outward relative to the rounded base and an end surface at an end region of the two substantially parallel side surfaces;

an adjustment mechanism releasably coupled to one of the one or more attachment regions, the adjustment mechanism including an elastic member and a lever member for releasably coupling the adjustment mechanism directly to one of the one or more attachment regions; and

an actuation member threadably engaged with the external thread, the actuation member being designed to shift the expandable conduit between a first configuration and an expanded configuration by rotating the actuation member about the exterior surface of the threaded region.

2. The expandable access port of claim 1 , wherein the actuation member includes a nut engaged with the external thread.

3. The expandable access port of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of tines includes a first tine secured to the housing with a pivot member and wherein the pivot member includes a pivot pin.

4. The expandable access port of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of tines includes a first tine, wherein the first tine includes a proximal end region with an angled surface, and wherein the actuation member includes an actuation surface designed to engage the angled surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT COLLATERAL RECORDED ON REEL 054795 FRAME 0607 AND SUPPLEMENTAL PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT RECORDED ON REEL 056240 FRAME 0147 Recorded Mar 13, 2025
From: FIRST HORIZON BANK
To: TEXAS CAPITAL BANK, AS SUCCESSOR AGENT
Reel/Frame 073460/0969 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16277957 · Feb 15, 2019
Provisional Application 62734043 · Sep 20, 2018
Provisional Application 62703180 · Jul 25, 2018
Provisional Application 62631339 · Feb 15, 2018
Related Publication 20230310025A1 · Oct 5, 2023
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