US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on April 8 for "Medical device having asymmetric bending" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,362, issued on April 8, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Medical device having asymmetric bending" was invented by Sean Powell (Holden, Mass.) and Almir Velagic (Watertown, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An articulation joint includes proximal links, distal links, and intermediate links connecting the proximal and distal links. The articulation joint has a straight configuration along a straight longitudinal axis, a first bent configuration when the articulation joint bends toward a first side of the longitudinal axis, and a second bent configuration when the articulation joint bends toward a...