US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on April 22 for "Medical devices, systems and methods with tip deflection" (Washington, Massachusetts, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,754, issued on April 22, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Medical devices, systems and methods with tip deflection" was invented by Conor Reid (Cambridge, Mass.), Emma B. Headley (Seattle) and Dawnielle Farrar-Gaines (Reisterstown, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices and establishing access to body passageways. In particular, the present disclosure relates to devices, systems and methods to facilitate entry of a guidewire or other endoscopic accessory tool into and/or through patient-specific anatomies. For example, the devices,...