INTERNATIONAL PATENT: ABIOMED, INC. FILES APPLICATION FOR "EXPANDABLE SHEATH WITH TRAPPING DILATOR"

GENEVA, April 21 -- ABIOMED, INC. (22 Cherry Hill DriveDanvers, MA 01923) filed a patent application (PCT/US2024/050937) for "EXPANDABLE SHEATH WITH TRAPPING DILATOR" on Oct 11, 2024. With publication no. WO/2025/080957, the details related to the patent application was published on Apr 17, 2025.

Notably, the patent application was submitted under the International Patent Classification (IPC) system, which is managed by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Inventor(s): SWIERCZEK, Robert (c/o Abiomed, Inc.22 Cherry Hill DriveDanvers, MA 01923)

Abstract: An expandable introducer sheath (130) with a dilator (610) configured to trap the distal tip (150) of the introducer sheath. In some examples, the dilator may have a tip ...