US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Feb. 10 for "Medical devices for use along the biliary and/or pancreatic tract" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,211, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Medical devices for use along the biliary and/or pancreatic tract" was invented by Kevin Walsh (Wellesly, Mass.) and John Petricca (Ashland, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical devices and method for making and using the same are disclosed. An example medical device may include implantable medical device for use along the biliary and/or pancreatic tract. The implantable medical device may include a tubular member having a first end configured to be disposed within the duodenum of a patient and a second end configured to be disposed a...