ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,133, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Hemostasis clip deployment" was invented by Daniel Congdon (Hudson, Mass.), Laurie A. Lehtinen (Boylston, Mass.) and Alex Roberts (Marlborough, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a clip including a capsule and a pair of clip arms, proximal ends of which are slidably received within a channel of the capsule to move the clip arms between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The clip arms are aligned relative to one another via a pin received within openings extending through proximal ends of the clip arms. A pro...