US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Dec. 2 for "Tissue traction devices, systems, and methods, and devices, systems, and methods for delivery thereof" (American, Costa Rican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,890, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Tissue traction devices, systems, and methods, and devices, systems, and methods for delivery thereof" was invented by Juan Pablo Ortiz Garcia (San Isidro, Costa Rica), Gary A. Jordan (Litchfield, N.H.) and Barry Weitzner (Acton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tissue traction device having more than one grasping segment by which the tissue traction device may be engaged with tissue directly, or indirectly, such as with the use of a tissue-engagement member. The tissue traction device may have a peripheral section defining grasping segme...