US Patent Issued to Cultiv8 Medical on Feb. 17 for "Introducer sheath systems and methods" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,664, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Cultiv8 Medical LLC (Minneapolis).

"Introducer sheath systems and methods" was invented by Kyle P. Taylor (Greenfield, Minn.), Michael Brenzel (St. Paul, Minn.), David Matthew Costello (Delano, Minn.) and Robert E. Atkinson (White Bear Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Introducer sheath systems including a pressure regulator operably coupled to a hemostatic valve, wherein the pressure regulator includes a chamber filled with a gas that is fluidly isolated from the hemostatic valve. The introducer sheath systems may include a tubular sheath, a hub assembly, and a dilator disposed therei...