US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Aug. 12 for "Biliary access catheter system and methods for accessing the biliary tree" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,709, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Biliary access catheter system and methods for accessing the biliary tree" was invented by Mark D. Wood (Shrewsbury, Mass.) and John Deane (Salem, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical devices and methods are disclosed. An example method for accessing a body lumen may include providing a catheter system. The catheter system may include a catheter shaft having a lumen defined therein and an outer wall surface having a channel formed therein. A first guidewire may be disposed in the channel and a second guidewire may be disposed in the lu...