US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Medical Device on Dec. 16 for "Medical device assembly and related methods" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,041, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Boston Scientific Medical Device Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).

"Medical device assembly and related methods" was invented by Eduardo Moriyama (Richmond, Canada), Kaylie Lau (Toronto) and Gareth Davies (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device assembly for carrying out a cardiac procedure includes an ultrasound catheter having an elongate shaft including an ultrasound tip configured to emit ultrasound signals and receive reflected ultrasound signals. The assembly includes a sheath having an elongate member including a proximal portion, a distal portion having a distal end, a central por...