Patent ID: 8147456
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A hub for a tearaway sheath assembly, comprising: a hub body having a body distal end portion that is affixable to a proximal end portion of a sheath tube, a body proximal end portion, and a body intermediate portion extending between the body distal end portion and the body proximal end portion, the body intermediate portion is configured to receive a valve seal and includes a cylindrical wall portion and a frustoconical transition portion, the cylindrical wall portion defining the body proximal end portion and a part of the body intermediate portion, and a cavity extending through the hub body, the hub body defined by two opposing sections divided by a pair of opposing gaps, the gaps being alignable during assembly to the sheath tube, with a pair of opposed frangible seams of the sheath tube, the two opposing hub sections being joined together within portions of the gaps by frangible webs, wherein the frangible webs of the hub are provided only at the intermediate portion of the hub and traverse the gaps, and whereby the two opposing hub sections remain unjoined to each other by frangible webs at the body distal end portion and the body proximal end portion.