US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Medical Device, Boston Scientific Scimed on Feb. 24 for "Introducer sheath with dual arm hub having encased tightening port mechanism" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,125, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Boston Scientific Medical Device Ltd. (Galway, Ireland) and Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Introducer sheath with dual arm hub having encased tightening port mechanism" was invented by Neeraj Kumar Sharma (Delhi, India) and Qian Liu (Plymouth, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An introducer sheath including a valve hub and an elongate shaft extending from the valve hub. The valve hub defines a main port and a side port. The main port includes a hub body, a compressible seal disposed within the hub body, a pusher at least partially positioned within the hub body and slid...