SUTURE COLLAR FOR USE WITH AN INTRODUCER DURING DIRECT AORTIC PROCEDURES

摘要

A suture collar configured for use with an introducer sheath. The suture collar includes an outer ring component defining an opening there-though and an inner ring component concentrically disposed within the opening of the outer ring component. The outer ring component is configured to be sutured to a target surface of a patient. The inner ring component defines an opening there-through that is configured to receive the introducer sheath. In a first configuration of the suture collar, a longitudinal axis of the inner ring component is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the outer ring component. The inner ring component is configured to move relative to the outer ring component such that in a second configuration of the suture collar the longitudinal axis of the inner ring component is angularly offset with the longitudinal axis of the outer ring component.