ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,117, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Powered endoscopic device with haptic feedback" was invented by Sharmad S. Joshi (Auburndale, Mass.) and Michael S. H. Chu (Brookline, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscopic deployment device includes a body mountable on an endoscopic device, the body having a movable carrier couplable to an end effector device, the end effector device having an end effector shaft covered by an outer sheath and an end effector extending from a distal end of the end effector shaft, the outer sheath being sized and shaped for insertion through a wor...