Dual valve, flexible sheath and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6652492
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09911131

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A large-diameter sheath and assembly for use in introducing a catheter or other medical device into a vessel of the body of a patient. The sheath comprises an elongate sheath tube formed of a flexible material which has proximal and distal extremities and a passage extending therethrough of a predetermined maximum diameter. The sheath tube may either be expandable, with the distal extremity folded longitudinally to a smaller folded diameter, or of a constant diameter. If expandable, the sheath tube may be self-expanding or may be reinforced with a self-expanding wire or expandable stents. A backflow adapter is secured to the proximal extremity of the elongate sheath tube.

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LIFESHIELD SCIENCES LLC2400 DALLAS PARKWAY SUITE 200 PLANO TX 75093

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bell, Paul Fremont, CA 18 148
Fourkas, Michael G Menlo Park, CA 8 886
Izuno, Doug Orinda, CA 1 86

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