US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific on March 25 for "Access device having an anchoring feature and methods of using the same" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,914, issued on March 25, was assigned to Boston Scientific Ltd. (Hamilton, Bermuda).

"Access device having an anchoring feature and methods of using the same" was invented by Timothy P. Harrah (Cambridge, Mass.), Christopher L. Oskin (Grafton, Mass.), Arpita Banerjee (Bangalore, India), Abhijit Takale (Maharashtra, India), Sandesh Gavade (Bangalore, India) and Pavan Misra (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect, a medical device includes an elongate member and a sleeve. The elongate member defines a lumen and has a first end portion and a second end portion. The second end portion has a first configur...