US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on March 24 for "Transcarotid vascular access sheath" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,439, issued on March 24, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Transcarotid vascular access sheath" was invented by Sumaira MacDonald (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Stewart M. Kume (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, devices, and systems establish and facilitate retrograde or reverse flow blood circulation in the region of the carotid artery bifurcation in order to limit or prevent the release of emboli into the cerebral vasculature such as into the internal carotid artery. The methods are particularly useful for interventional procedures, such as stenting and angioplasty, atherectomy p...