US Patent Issued to Merit Medical Systems on Oct. 27 for "Introducer with partially annealed reinforcement element and related systems and methods" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,236, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Merit Medical Systems Inc. (South Jordan, Utah).

"Introducer with partially annealed reinforcement element and related systems and methods" was invented by David Cise (Herriman, Utah), Doug Hales (South Jordan, Utah), Alex Singleton (Wellsville, Utah) and Bryan Heaton (Kaysville, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure illustrates an introducer sheath with a partially annealed metal frame. The introducer sheaths described herein include a hub coupled to a shaft. The shaft comprises a braided wire frame with (i) an annealed distal portion that prevents the braided wire frame f...