US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on April 29 for "Systems and methods for preventing laser fiber misfiring within endoscopic access devices" (Massachusetts, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,155, issued on April 29, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Systems and methods for preventing laser fiber misfiring within endoscopic access devices" was invented by Thomas Zappia (West Boylston, Mass.) and Brian MacLean (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for preventing inadvertent actuation of a medical device. The system includes an elongate tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The lumen is configured to receive a medical device configured to transition between an actuated state and an inactive state. The device fu...