ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,134, issued on May 13, was assigned to Abiomed Europe GmbH (Aachen, Germany).
"Sheath for sealed access to a vessel" was invented by Thorsten Siess (Aachen, Germany), Christoph Nix (Aachen, Germany), Frank Kirchhoff (Aachen, Germany) and Patrick Hunziker (Aachen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheath for producing a fully sealed access to the interior of a vessel of an animal or human body comprises a base sheath having a tubular body defining a pass-through channel. The base sheath is adapted to be inserted into the vessel through a vessel aperture. A wall of the tubular body of the base sheath has a through channel. This ...