Patent ID: 11963671
Assignee: TC1 LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. A catheter system comprising:
a catheter comprising an elongate catheter body;
an expandable medical device;
an introducer sheath maintaining the expandable medical device in a collapsed state to facilitate advancing the expandable medical device through a patient's vasculature, the introducer sheath including:
a proximal end;
a distal end; and
an outer sheath body extending between the proximal end and the distal end, the outer sheath body including at least one longitudinally extending separation zone that defines a first outer sheath portion and a second outer sheath portion;
a first handle coupled with the first outer sheath portion at a proximal end of the first outer sheath portion; and
a second handle coupled with the second outer sheath portion at a proximal end of the second outer sheath portion
wherein the first outer sheath portion and the second outer sheath portion are removable via applied force on the first and second handles in order to remove an obstruction of blood flow in the patient's vasculature otherwise caused by the first outer sheath portion and the second outer sheath portion of the introducer sheath; and

a recovery sheath disposed around a proximal section of the elongate catheter body, wherein the recovery sheath is sized and shaped to receive the expandable medical device, and wherein the recovery sheath is axially movable relative to the elongate catheter body in the patient's vasculature after the introducer sheath is separated from the elongate catheter body.