ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,860, issued on April 8, was assigned to ABIOMED INC. (Danvers, Mass.).
"Nitinol braid processing procedure" was invented by Robert Fishman (Danvers, Mass.), Mithun Rajaram (Danvers, Mass.), Emmanuel Ilongo (Danvers, Mass.) and Vladimir Gilman (Danvers, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable sheath for use in an intravascular blood pump. The sheath has a sheath frame surrounded by one or more sleeves. The frame may have at least one of a braid, a wound wire, and a laser-cut material. The sheath frame may be a metal that is at least one of Nitinol and stainless steel. The sleeves may be made of one or more plastics. The exp...