ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,883, issued on April 1, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Hemostasis clip with collapsible capsule" was invented by Daniel Congdon (Hudson, Mass.), Laurie A. Lehtinen (Boylston, Mass.) and Alex Roberts (Marlborough, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clipping device includes a capsule including a longitudinal body and a cap mounted over a distal end thereof so that the cap is movable relative to the longitudinal body from a pre-deployed configuration to a deployed configuration in which the cap, is moved proximally relative to the longitudinal body to reduce a length of the capsule. A channel of...