ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,099, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Medical systems and methods" was invented by Aaron Germain (Campbell, Calif.), Kyle Klein (San Jose, Calif.), Michael D. Walker (San Francisco) and Robin Bek (Campbell, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid management system for use in a tissue resection procedure includes a controller. An inflow pump is operated by the controller and configured to provide fluid inflow through a flow path to a site in patient's body. An outflow pump is operated by the controller and configured to provide fluid outflow through a flow path from the site...