Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sleeve for medical device assembly
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Application No.: US16887711Application Date: 2020-05-29
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Publication No.: US11266769B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Russell L. Jacoby , Andrew W. Sloan
- Applicant: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US DE Newark
- Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Current Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Newark
- Main IPC: A61L31/14
- IPC: A61L31/14 ; B65B11/00 ; B29C53/56 ; B29D23/00 ; B29C53/20 ; B29C53/36 ; A61F2/97

Abstract:
The present disclosure describes a medical device assembly comprising an expandable medical device wrapped with an improved constraining sleeve. The sleeve in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure is thin walled and translucent, having reduced edge sharpness. The sleeve in accordance with the present disclosure exhibits resistance to ripping and delamination. Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods of making sheet material usable for constraining sleeves from flattened film tubes. Methods for making improved constraining sleeves and medical device assemblies that comprise an improved constraining sleeve are also disclosed herein.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200289718A1 SLEEVE FOR MEDICAL DEVICE ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2020-09-17
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