US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Jan. 13 for "Closure device with fixed jaw hook" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,114, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Closure device with fixed jaw hook" was invented by Paul Smith (Smithfield, R.I.), Matthew R. Jagelski (Milford, Mass.), Narunn Suon (Lawrence, Mass.), Kevin J. McElwee (Berwick, Maine), Shawn Ryan (Littleton, Mass.) and Alex Sekulic (Salisbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a capsule extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end and including a channel extending therethrough. The capsule is releasably coupled to a proximal portion of the device. Device also includes a first arm rigidly fixed to the dis...