Patent ID: 11911072
Assignee: ABIOMED, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. A sheath assembly for the insertion of a medical device into a blood vessel, the sheath assembly comprising:
a peel-away introducer sheath having a sheath body with a fixed outer diameter; and
a variable size repositioning sheath having a sheath body that is configured to be adjustable in size in a radial direction between at least a first state and a second state along the full length of the sheath body,
wherein when the variable size repositioning sheath is in the first state, an outer diameter of the variable size repositioning sheath is larger than the fixed outer diameter, and
wherein when the variable size repositioning sheath is in the second state, the outer diameter of the variable size repositioning sheath is smaller than the fixed outer diameter.