ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,784, issued on April 22, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Medical handle" was invented by Michael S. H. Chu (Brookline, Mass.), Kenneth W. Adams (Maynard, Mass.), Sharmad S. Joshi (Auburndale, Mass.) and John Subasic (Stow, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retrieval device attachable to a scope includes a handle which has an attachment portion configured to couple the handle to the scope; a shaft coupled to the handle having a wire immovably coupled to the handle; and a sheath movable relative to the handle over the wire between a distal position and a proximal position via an actuator of the ...