ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,803, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to University of Washington (Seattle).
"Passive control system for an everting sheath" was invented by Blake Hannaford (Seattle) and Andrew Lewis (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for regulating an eversion process in everting sheath systems to avoid uncontrolled deployment of the sheath. The sheath system includes a reel and a sheath stored thereon, where the sheath is capable of everting from a retracted position to an extended position as the reel rotates about a rotational axis. The rotational characteristics of the reel are controlled by a...