US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed, The Johns Hopkins University on May 27 for "Attachment for duodenoscope" (Maryland, New York, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,562, issued on May 27, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.) and The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Attachment for duodenoscope" was invented by Jessica Powers (Boston), Jacob Caldwell (Frewsburg, N.Y.), Sungmin R. Cho (Baltimore), Youseph Yazdi (Ellicott City, Md.), Nicholas J. Durr (Baltimore), Pankaj J. Pasricha (Ellicott City, Md.), Chad Weiler (Columbia, Md.) and Ashish Nimgaonkar (Ellicott City, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fluorescent imaging systems for performing an endoscopic procedure, such as a retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedure may include a first light source ...