Patent ID: 11903613
Assignee: VANTIS VASCULAR, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. The intravascular delivery system of claim 10, further including a tear-away wire tab member configured with a tab and a C-shaped spring wire member attached to said tab and configured to be removably snapped on a splittable outer member hub at a proximal end of an elongated body of said splittable outer member hub to maintain said elongated body of said splittable outer member hub in said closed configuration, wherein said tear wire has a proximal end attached to said tear-away wire tab member, wherein in said closed configuration of said splittable outer member and splittable outer member hub, said tear wire extends within said at least one tear groove of said splittable outer member hub and said at least one tear seam of said splittable outer member, and
wherein, said splittable outer member and said splittable outer member hub are converted from said closed configuration in said split configuration by disengaging said tear-away wire tab member from said splittable outer member hub, resulting in opening of said at least one tear groove of said splittable outer member hub and ripping said encapsulating sheath of said splittable outer member along said at least one tear seam.