18812877. EXPANDABLE SHEATH WITH SEGMENTED INNER MEMBER (EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION)
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EXPANDABLE SHEATH WITH SEGMENTED INNER MEMBER
Organization Name
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Inventor(s)
Erik Bulman of Lake Forest CA (US)
EXPANDABLE SHEATH WITH SEGMENTED INNER MEMBER
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18812877 titled 'EXPANDABLE SHEATH WITH SEGMENTED INNER MEMBER
Original Abstract Submitted
Aspects of a sheath are disclosed herein including a radially expandable outer cylinder and including a plurality of sheath fins distributed circumferentially about the inner surface of the central lumen of the sheath. Each of the fins extends along a length of the inner surface of the sheath and when the sheath not expanded, the form a continuous inner surface of the sheath lumen. Each of the sheath fins includes a longitudinally-extending leading edge and a longitudinally-extending trailing edge where the leading edge of each of the sheath fins abuts a trailing edge of an adjacent one of the sheath fins when the sheath is in the unexpanded state, and in an initial unexpanded state adjacent sheath fins are coupled together along their leading edge and trailing edges.
