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EXPANDABLE GUIDE SHEATH AND APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USING SUCH SHEATHS

  • US 20090182278A1
  • Filed: 03/18/2009
  • Published: 07/16/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for providing access to a body lumen of a patient, comprising:

  • a flexible stiffening member having a proximal end and a distal end having a size and shape for insertion into a body lumen; and

    an expandable sheath extending between the proximal and distal ends of the stiffening member, the sheath being expandable from a contracted condition to minimize a profile of the sheath to allow insertion along with the stiffening member into a body lumen, and an enlarged condition wherein the sheath at least partially defines a lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends of the stiffening member.

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