ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,621, issued on May 27, was assigned to ABIOMED INC. (Danvers, Mass.).
"Introducer sheath having a multi-layer hub" was invented by John Murphy (Danvers, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An introducer assembly includes an elongate sheath sized for insertion into a blood vessel of a patient and a hub. The hub can be coupled to a proximal portion of the sheath and can include a first hub portion and a second hub portion. The hub can include various features to facilitate breaking apart or separating the introducer assembly from a patient. For example, the first hub portion can have a first notch which can facilitate breaking, splitt...