US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Medical Device on July 1 for "Pericardial puncture device and method" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,042, issued on July 1, was assigned to Boston Scientific Medical Device Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).

"Pericardial puncture device and method" was invented by Brock Miller (Toronto), Matthew Gravett (Milton, Canada) and Kai-Lon Fok (Mississauga, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pericardial puncture device includes an introducer, a needle, and an actuator. The introducer has a lumen and extends between an introducer proximal portion defining an introducer proximal end and an introducer distal portion defining an introducer distal end. The needle is received in the lumen and extends between a needle proximal portion and a needle distal...