Patent ID: 8267949
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An introducing device for introducing a medical device into a body, comprising: a distal region which has a tip region structured to generate an opening in skin; a segment region having more than two discontinuous sections that are essentially rigidly connected to at least one another and to the distal region in a first rigid, linear state for introducing the device and the more than two discontinuous sections are movable relative to one another in a flexible state after the device has been introduced, wherein the more than two discontinuous sections are rigidly connected to one another and to the distal region in the first rigid, linear state by an immobilizing agent and wherein the immobilizing agent is configured to dissolve or degrade into the body causing the more than two discontinuous sections to change from the first rigid, linear state to the flexible state.