ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,793, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Medical device and methods of use" was invented by Timothy P. Harrah (Cambridge, Mass.), Christopher L. Oskin (Grafton, Mass.), Derrick Lenz (Pompton Plains, N.J.), Arpita Banerjee (Bangalore, India), Sandesh Gavade (Bangalore, India), Abhijit Takale (Pune, India), Pavan Misra (Bangalore, India) and Michael S.H. Chu (Brookline, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a medical device. Systems and methods are provided for utilizing a laser to break a kidney stones into smaller fragments and/or dust, and remov...