Vessel lining device and related methods

Abstract

A deployment device for lining a vessel having a housing having a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end, the housing defining a guidewire channel, a tube elongated along a longitudinal axis, the tube having a proximal end and a distal end spaced from the proximal end of the tube along the longitudinal axis, a sheath assembly having a hub removably coupled to the distal end of the housing, and a mesh removably coupled to the tube and positioned along the tube. The tube and the sheath assembly are configured to move along the guidewire and into the vessel through a puncture and release the mesh inside the vessel when at least one of the tube and the mesh is actuated. The device is used as a method of mitigating potential injury or harm to the integrity of the patient’s vessel lining.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A method of lining a vessel, the method comprising the steps of:
 inserting a guidewire into the vessel through a puncture in a vessel wall;   sliding a deployment device along the guidewire until a distal end of the deployment device is inside the vessel;   actuating at least one of a tube and a mesh positioned along the tube to cause a lock to release the mesh from the distal end of the deployment device such that the mesh expands inside the vessel; and   while maintaining the mesh in the vessel, removing the tube from within the mesh.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the sliding step further comprises placing the tube on a proximal end of the guidewire and advancing the tube in a distal direction along the guidewire and into the vessel. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the sliding step further comprises advancing the tube along the guidewire into the vessel until a hub of the tube is in contact with a skin surface near the puncture. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the actuating step occurs when the hub is in contact with the skin surface near the puncture. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , further comprising removing the mesh, the hub, and the guidewire from the vessel after removing the tube. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the actuating step further comprises engaging an actuator to actuate the tube when the distal end of the deployment device abuts the puncture. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the actuating step further comprises engaging an actuator to actuate the tube when the mesh is completely inside the vessel. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the actuating step further comprises moving the lock from a locked position, where the mesh is fixed to the tube, to an unlocked position, where the mesh is not fixed to the tube. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the actuating step further comprises extending the tube from a first position where the lock is in the locked position to a second position where the lock is in the unlocked position. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the actuating step further comprises moving the lock from the locked position where the lock is disposed on a protrusion positioned between a proximal surface and a distal stop surface that is spaced from the proximal surface along a longitudinal axis in a distal direction, to an unlocked position where the lock is not disposed on the protrusion, to release the mesh in the unlocked position. 
     
     
         11 . A method of lining a vessel, the method comprising the steps of:
 inserting a guidewire into the vessel through a puncture in a vessel wall;   sliding an elongated tube along the guidewire until a distal end of the tube is inside the vessel, the tube having a proximal end, a distal end spaced from the proximal end of the tube, a protrusion, and a distal groove between the protrusion and the distal end of the tube;   actuating at least one of the tube and a mesh positioned along the protrusion of the tube to cause a lock to release the mesh from between the proximal end of the tube and the distal groove such that the mesh expands inside the vessel; and   while maintaining the mesh in the vessel, removing the tube from within the mesh.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the sliding step further comprises placing the tube on a proximal end of the guidewire and advancing the tube in a distal direction along the guidewire and into the vessel. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the sliding step further comprises advancing the tube along the guidewire into the vessel until a hub of the tube is in contact with a skin surface near the puncture. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the actuating step occurs when the hub is in contact with the skin surface near the puncture. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising removing the mesh, the hub, and the guidewire from the vessel after removing the tube. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the actuating step further comprises engaging an actuator to actuate the tube when the distal end of the deployment device abuts the puncture. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the actuating step further comprises engaging an actuator to actuate the tube when the mesh is completely inside the vessel. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the actuating step further comprises moving the lock from a locked position, where the mesh is fixed to the tube, to an unlocked position, where the mesh is not fixed to the tube. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the actuating step further comprises extending the tube from a first position where the lock is in the locked position to a second position where the lock is in the unlocked position. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the actuating step further comprises moving the lock from the locked position where the lock is disposed on the protrusion positioned between a proximal surface and a distal stop surface that is spaced from the proximal surface along a longitudinal axis in a distal direction, to an unlocked position where the lock is not disposed on the protrusion, to release the mesh in the unlocked position.