ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,870, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Devices with an adjustable effective working shaft length" was invented by Martyn G Folan (Loughrea, Ireland), Louis McNern (Donegal, Ireland) and Matthew Montague (Galway, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to the field of medical devices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to devices with a shaft having an effective working length that is adjustable relative to a connector of the device and/or a working channel of an endoscope, and methods for their use, such as devices and methods for delivery ...