US Patent Issued to ABIOMED on March 31 for "Low profile access sheaths" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,224, issued on March 31, was assigned to ABIOMED INC. (Danvers, Mass.).

"Low profile access sheaths" was invented by Charles DeLorenzo (Danvers, Mass.), Christopher Korkuch (Danvers, Mass.), Glen Fantuzzi (Danvers, Mass.), Brian Chouinard (Danvers, Mass.), Megan Boyd (Danvers, Mass.), Mithun Rajaram (Danvers, Mass.) and Matthew D'Agostino (Danvers, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for insertion into a vasculature of a patient is disclosed. The system utilizes a primary tubular sheath body coupled to a distal portion of an intermediate tubular sheath body, and a hub coupled to a proximal portion of the intermediate tubul...