US Patent Issued to Venus Medtech (Hangzhou) on Jan. 20 for "Hemostasis valve, catheter sheath, and method for sealing interventional instrument" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,944, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Venus Medtech (Hangzhou) Co. Ltd. (Hangzhou, China).

"Hemostasis valve, catheter sheath, and method for sealing interventional instrument" was invented by Xiang Wang (Hangzhou, China), Yintao Zhao (Hangzhou, China), Rongjun Lei (Hangzhou, China), Feng Guo (Hangzhou, China) and Hou-Sen Lim (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hemostasis valve, a catheter sheath, and a method for sealing an interventional instrument (9), the hemostasis valve comprising a housing (1,100) and a sealing film (2,130) which is installed within the housing (1,100) and which is a tubular structure; an inner...