US Patent Issued to ABIOMED on Dec. 16 for "Integrated expandable access for medical device introducer" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,095, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to ABIOMED INC. (Danvers, Mass.).

"Integrated expandable access for medical device introducer" was invented by Glen R. Fantuzzi (Danvers, Mass.) and Thorsten Siess (Aachen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated sheath assembly for inserting a medical device such as a percutaneous pump into a vessel can include a first sheath having a first lumen defining a first opening between proximal and distal ends of the first sheath for passage of a portion of the pump and a second sheath having a second lumen defining a second opening between proximal and distal ends of the second sheath. The...