US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on June 30 for "Expandable sheath for introducing an endovascular delivery device into a body" (Massachusetts, California, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,690, issued on June 30, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Expandable sheath for introducing an endovascular delivery device into a body" was invented by Ilan Tamir (Irvine, Calif.), Devin H. Marr (Westford, Mass.), David A. Rezac (Lancaster, Mass.), Michelle Riches (Leominster, Mass.), Bridget Bergstrom (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Julia Stoddard (Harvard, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of an expandable sheath can be used in conjunction with a catheter assembly to introduce a prosthetic device, such as a heart valve, into a patient. Such aspects can minimize trauma to the vessel by allowing for t...