ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,249, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Teleflex Life Sciences LLC (Wilmington, Del.).
"Access sheath with valve assembly" was invented by Donald Richard Arnold (Montrose, Pa.) and Nathaniel Haim Maor (Chester Springs, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An access sheath and method of assembling the access sheath. The access sheath includes a hub, a cartridge carried by the hub, the cartridge having a first valve, a second valve spaced from the first valve along a central axis, and a spacer disposed between the first valve and the second valve, wherein the first valve and the second valve each have at least two slits that extend along...