US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Dec. 30 for "Multi-functional medical device and related methods of use" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,046, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Multi-functional medical device and related methods of use" was invented by Gary Kappel (Acton, Mass.), Sean Fleury (Brighton, Mass.), Paul Smith (Smithfield, R.I.), Brandon Zalewski (Clinton, Mass.) and Laurie Soderbom (Nashua, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device including an elongate member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween. The medical device may further include an end-effector disposed at the distal end of the elongate member. The end-effector may include a plurality of arms pivotally...