Patent ID: 8613728
Filing Date: 2013-12-24
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A securing device for preventing the splitting of a splittable sheath in the body of a treated subject, for facilitating the insertion of a splittable introducer and the splitting of said splittable sheath during removal of said introducer from the body of the subject, and optionally for interfacing said splittable introducer with other devices comprising a “U”-like shaped portion having a distal arm and one or two proximal arms connected by a base, wherein said distal arm comprises an aperture accessible via a vertical slit passing from its upper side and terminating in said aperture, and wherein the gap defined between said distal arm and proximal arms is suitable for fitting a splittable introducer therebetween such that its splittable sheath is retained in the aperture provided in the distal arm and being fully enclosed by said aperture; wherein the width of said slit is less than the diameter of said aperture; and wherein the proximal arm further comprises clasps for retaining the tearing tabs of the splitable introducer fitted thereinto.