ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,140, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Collet deployable hemostasis clip" was invented by Andrew Pic (Northborough, Mass.) and Joseph W. King (Franklin, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clipping system includes a device including longitudinal slots extending through a wall thereof and a clip releasably received within a distal portion of the device. The clip includes a capsule and a pair of clip arms. Proximal ends of the arms are slidably received within the capsule and a collet is slidably mounted over the device movable between an insertion configuration, in which the col...