US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed, Boston Scientific Medical Device on Sept. 23 for "Medical device actuator locks" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,494, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Boston Scientific Medical Device Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).

"Medical device actuator locks" was invented by Michael Melito (South Amboy, N.J.), Aditya Dhanotiya (Madhya Pradesh, India), Nabarun Bhowmick (West Bengal, India) and James Weldon (Newton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handle of a medical device may comprise an actuator; a lock movable relative to the actuator and having a feature movable relative to the actuator; and a rack having plurality of teeth separated from one another by a plurality of gaps. The lock may be config...