Patent ID: 8690834

Claim:
A medical device for use in inserting an interventional device into the body of a patient, said medical device comprising: an elongate tubular member having proximal and distal ends and defining a lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends, the elongate tubular member having a longitudinal axis; and a hemostatic valve system disposed on the proximal end of the elongate tubular member, the hemostatic valve system comprising a body having first and second ends, a wall defining an interior chamber and a plurality of device ports extending through the wall and providing access to the interior chamber and the lumen of the elongate tubular member; first and second inflatable pouches disposed opposite each other within the interior chamber with respect to the longitudinal axis of the elongate tubular member, each of the inflatable pouches defining an interior space and having an unexpanded configuration and an expanded configuration, the first and second inflatable pouches coapting along a plane that contains a portion of each device port of the plurality of device ports when each of the first and second inflatable pouches is in its expanded configuration, the first and second inflatable pouches adapted to form a seal around said interventional device disposed through one of the plurality of device ports; and an inflation tubular member defining an inflation lumen providing fluid access to the interior space of each of the first and second inflatable pouches.