ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,836, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Boston Scientific Medical Device Ltd. (Ballybrit, Ireland).
"Methods and devices for puncturing tissue" was invented by John Paul Urbanski (Toronto), Matthew Dicicco (Guelph, Canada), Yun Uhm (Toronto), Neil Godara (Milton, Canada), David Rees (Toronto) and James Klein (Toronto).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system are disclosed for puncturing tissue, comprising a puncture device for puncturing tissue and a supporting member for supporting the puncture device. The puncture device is capable of being insertable within the supporting member and being selectively usable in co-operatio...