Introducer apparatus
CA 2589130 C · Owner: Cook Incorporated · Inventors: Hawkins, M. Kem; Osborne, Thomas A.
Overview
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An apparatus for providing percutaneous access to a vessel of a patient over a wire guide. The apparatus comprising an outer sleeve with open ends and inner , sleeve with distal open ends received in the outer sleeve and a stiffening , cannula , within the lumen of the inner sleeve. The inner sleeve and the stiffening cannula , being engaged such that relative axial movement between them is inhibited and the , inner sleeve distal portion shields the stiffening cannula during percutaneous introduction into the vessel.
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- Filed December 6, 2005 and granted August 13, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 6, 2025.
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