ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,340, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Greatbatch Ltd. (Clarence, N.Y.).
"Guiding sheath with pressure relief channel" was invented by Andrew J. Enerson (New Port Richey, Fla.) and Thomas Gabriel Osypka (Palm Harbor, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device including an elongated tubular body having opposed proximal and distal end portions and defining a longitudinal axis, the elongated tubular body including an interior lumen extending therethrough, wherein an inner surface of the interior lumen includes at least one longitudinal depression formed therein, configured to provide pressure relief to accommodate movement of a...