Patent ID: 9675483
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A61F,A61L

Claim:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a catheter including a scaffold comprising a polymer, the scaffold being crimped to a balloon; a sheath disposed over the scaffold; a tube containing at least a portion of the catheter, wherein walls of a lumen of the tube define a first clearance that permits the catheter to slide within the tube without interference from the lumen walls; and a clip, rim or flange attached to the tube and located adjacent the lumen walls, or a tube portion, wherein the clip, rim, flange, or tube portion defines a second clearance, less than the first clearance and partially or fully interferes with the sheath when the catheter slides within the tube and relative to the clip, rim, flange or tube portion; wherein the catheter is configured for being introduced into a mammalian body only after the sheath is removed from the scaffold.