Patent ID: 8317754

Claim:
A hub for a sheath, catheter, or other tubular device, comprising: a first hub portion comprising a first hub portion proximal end, a first hub portion distal end, and a first hub lumen sized for receiving a medical device therethrough and extending concentrically around a longitudinal axis of the hub; a second hub portion comprising a second hub portion proximal end, a second hub portion distal end, and a second hub lumen, the second hub portion coupled to the first hub portion such that the first and second hub lumens are aligned with one another along the longitudinal axis and the first hub portion distal end and the second hub portion proximal end are spaced apart from one another along the longitudinal axis to define a gap; and a valve secured within the gap between the first hub portion distal end and the second hub portion proximal end, the valve comprising a valve passage extending therethrough configured to accommodate receiving a medical device therethrough when the medical device is introduced through the first and second hub lumens of the first and second hub portions, the valve comprising proximal and distal ends, wherein the valve proximal and distal ends, the first hub portion distal end, and the second hub portion proximal end comprise complementary structures that engage to secure the valve within the gap.