Patent ID: 6602240
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
A sealing device for minimizing gas or fluid leakage from a sheath device when said sheath device is inserted into a patient, wherein said sheath device has a shaft configured to receive a therapeutic or diagnostic device therethrough, said shaft defining a longitudinal axis of said sheath device and terminating at a proximal end of said sheath device, said sealing device comprising:a compressible, resilient plug adapted for positioning at said proximal end of said sheath device, said plug having a longitudinal axis and a slit extending from said axis to an outer surface of said plug to receive said therapeutic or diagnostic device; and means for compressing said plug adapted to receive said therapeutic or diagnostic device and to exert axial pressure against said proximal end of said sheath device and inward radial pressure against said therapeutic or diagnostic device when received through said sheath device.