ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,961, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Medical devices and related methods" was invented by Liam Ryan (County Waterford, Ireland), James Michael English (County Tipperary, Ireland), Robert Hannon (County Tipperary, Ireland), John O'Rourke (County Tipperary, Ireland), Mark David Mirigian (Kilkenny, Ireland) and James J. Scutti (Norwell, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device includes an operating member, a hub, and an end effector. The operating member includes an actuation portion. The hub includes a channel receiving the actuation portion of the operating member. The...