US Patent Issued to Merit Medical Systems, Icahn School of Medicine @ Mount Sinai on May 26 for "Hemostasis valve device" (Utah, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,478, issued on May 26, was assigned to Merit Medical Systems Inc. (South Jordan, Utah) and Icahn School of Medicine @ Mount Sinai (New York).

"Hemostasis valve device" was invented by Michael Dean Haslam (Sandy, Utah), Jim Mottola (West Jordan, Utah), Benjamin Rapoport (New York), Thomas J. Oxley (New York) and Alexis Bruhat (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hemostasis valve devices and methods of use are disclosed. The hemostasis valve devices include a body member, a slide member, an introducer member, a valve cap, and a valve member. The body member and slide member can be gripped by a user's finger and thumb, respectively. ...