US Patent Issued to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES on Sept. 9 for "Introducer sheath with expandable introducer" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,297, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Introducer sheath with expandable introducer" was invented by Tung T. Le (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Sonny Tran (Westminster, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for introducing a delivery apparatus into a patient's vasculature. The system may include a sheath having a lumen and configured to be inserted into the patient's vasculature. An introducer has a channel for receiving a guide wire and is configured to be positioned within the lumen of the sheath. A plug is coupled to the introducer and is configured to move from a first position in...