ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,549, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to ViOptix Inc. (Newark, Calif.).
"Sheath for a medical device" was invented by Stephen Matthew Kmak (Santa Clara, Calif.), Robert J. Campbell Jr. (Nashua, N.H.), Robert James Mosley (San Jose, Calif.), Mark Gil Martin (Hayward, Calif.), William Welch (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Richard W. O'Connor (Atherton, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheath for an oximetry device includes a top and a body where the top opens to provide an opening where the oximetry device can be placed into the body of the sheath. The top of the sheath can be closed onto the body and the closure of the top can be veri...