US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Jan. 27 for "Grappling systems and methods for lumen apposition or wound defects" (Costa Rican, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,135, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Grappling systems and methods for lumen apposition or wound defects" was invented by Andrew Pic (Northboro, Mass.), Joseph W. King (Franklin, Mass.), Gonzalo Jose Saenz Villalobos (Alajuela, Costa Rica) and Deborah Amaya Pineda (Santa Barbara, Costa Rica).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tissue-manipulating system including a tissue-manipulating device having shaft and a tissue grasper assembly. The tissue grasper assembly has at least one grasper arm resiliently expandable from a closed configuration, within and extending along the longitudin...