US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Medical Device on March 18 for "Medical device having a support structure" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,159, issued on March 18, was assigned to Boston Scientific Medical Device Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).

"Medical device having a support structure" was invented by Gareth Davies (Toronto), John Paul Urbanski (Toronto) and Rund Abou-Marie (Mississauga, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of medical devices and methods are disclosed. The medical devices typically comprise a flexible elongate member defining a lumen, and a support spine affixed to the distal end and extending proximally therefrom within the elongate member lumen. In some embodiments, the support spine is pre-shaped such that the support spine biases the distal ...