ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,651, issued on May 20, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Fully compliant large bore expandable sheath" was invented by Mimi Trinh Fitterer (Belmont, Calif.), Takashi H. Ino (San Jose, Calif.), Randy S. Gamarra (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Floriza Q. Escalona (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable sheath may include an inelastic compliant membrane having a lumen therethrough, and a discontinuous outer member bonded to the membrane. The membrane may include one or more folds formed therein. At least a portion of the outer member may extend continuously around a circumference of the ...