US Patent Issued to Gyrus ACMI on July 21 for "Sheaths for needle delivery" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,826, issued on July 21, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).

"Sheaths for needle delivery" was invented by Jean-Martin Baillargeon (Seattle) and Christopher Ralph (Woodinville, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needle apparatus having a sheath with a protective hypotube insert and a method of making the needle sheath. An example needle apparatus includes a handle, a needle having a proximal end connected to the handle and a sheath. The sheath is configured to receive of the needle. The sheath includes a proximal end connected to the handle, a distal end, a lumen and the protective insert. The lumen passes from t...