Patent ID: 11903856
Assignee: W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES GMBH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 19:
20. A sleeve for covering and constraining an expandable device for endoluminal delivery, the sleeve being transitionable from a delivery configuration to an intermediate configuration and a deployment configuration, the sleeve comprising:
a first end having a first end profile,
a second end having a second end profile,
a length extending between the first and second ends, and
a lumen extending between the first and second ends, wherein the sleeve is operable to constrain the expandable device in the delivery configuration and the intermediate configuration and includes a cylindrical shape when constraining the expandable device in the delivery configuration and a conical frustum shape in the intermediate configuration, wherein the sleeve also includes the conical frustrum shape in the intermediate configuration when positioned separate from the expandable device wherein the sleeve is defined by a sheet of material that is annular shaped and defined by a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge, wherein the first edge is concentric with the second edge, and wherein third and fourth edges are nonparallel and extend between the first and second edges.