Electroactive polymer actuated sheath for implantable or insertable medical device
CA 2544737 C · Owner: Mattison, Richard Carlton · Inventors: Mattison, Richard Carlton
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A medical device delivery sheath (98), which comprises an active member (98e) that volumetrically expands and contracts upon application of an appropriate electrical or example, potential (95). The active member further comprises an electroactive polymer, for example, polypyrrole. Also described is a medical device delivery system comprising the same as well as a method of delivering , a medical device using the same.
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- Filed November 4, 2004 and granted October 9, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 4, 2024.
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