EXPANDABLE INTRODUCER SHEATH
The invention relates to an introducer sheath for catheters to be inserted into a vascular system comprising a connecting valve (2) and an insertion tube (3) having a proximal portion (4) and a distal portion (5), said distal portion (5) being of reduced diameter in comparison with the proxirmal por...
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Zusammenfassung: | The invention relates to an introducer sheath for catheters to be inserted into a vascular system comprising a connecting valve (2) and an insertion tube (3) having a proximal portion (4) and a distal portion (5), said distal portion (5) being of reduced diameter in comparison with the proxirmal portion (4), and to enable its diameter to be reversibly changed the insertion tube (3) is provided with longitudinally extending expansion elements with incisions (11, 11′, 12) designed to as predetermined breaking points. |
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