Patent ID: 8523823

Claim:
A medical device for insertion into a body, the device having at least one surface covered by and attached to at least one detachable cover, the cover being detachable from the surface and removed from the body any time after the device has been inserted in the body, wherein the cover and the device are inserted in the body as a united device, such as the cover encapsulate and seals the medical device, wherein the cover can be detached and pulled off of the device which remains in the body, wherein the device cannot be pulled out from the cover while the cover remains within the body, wherein the presence of said cover does not prevent the device from fulfilling its intended function, and wherein said medical device is selected from the group consisting of: (a) a catheter; (b) a cannula; (c) a drain; (d) a stent; (e) a pacemaker; and (f) an electrode.