US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Aug. 5 for "Medical systems, devices, and related methods" (American, Costa Rican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,880, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Medical systems, devices, and related methods" was invented by Collin Murray (Maynard, Mass.), Paul Smith (Smithfield, R.I.) and Gonzalo Jose Saenz Villalobos (Alajuela, Costa Rica).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device includes a longitudinal portion with one or more tubes, a distal portion with one or more arms, and one or more actuation mechanisms. The one or more arms each includes an arm lumen. Each arm lumen is connected to a respective tube, and at least one of the longitudinal portion and the distal portion is configured to be ...