Patent ID: 8147452
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: A61M,B29C,B29K,B29L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of forming an introducer sheath assembly, comprising the steps of: providing an elongated sheath tube having a proximal end and having at least one pair of opposed apertures therethrough adjacent the proximal end; and affixing a hub of hub material to the sheath tube proximal end by using the hub material to integrally join the hub to an interior lining portion within the sheath tube proximal end through the at least one pair of opposed apertures by use of an insert molding process, wherein at least the hub is formed to have an opposed pair of frangible webs enabling manual splitting thereof into respective halves to remove the introducer sheath assembly from around a catheter inserted therethrough during catheter implantation into a patient.