Folding mechanism for an introducer sheath

A method of folding a sheath comprising:

• inserting a portion of an uncompressed sheath into a folding device, the folding device including:
• a housing including a central opening extending therethrough and a plurality of channels extending through a side wall of the housing, the plurality of channels positioned circumferentially around the housing;
• and
• a plurality of jaws rotatably coupled to the housing, each of the plurality of jaws is rotatable within a corresponding one of the plurality of channels;
• wherein each of the plurality of jaws are rotatable between a first position where the plurality of jaws do not extend into the central opening of the housing and a second position where at least a portion of each of the plurality of jaws extends into the central opening of the housing;
• and
• moving the plurality of jaws from the first position toward the second position by rotating each of the plurality of jaws radially inward such that the portion of the uncompressed sheath is captured between adjacent jaws thereby creating folded portions of the sheath and forming a compressed portion of the sheath.