US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on July 1 for "Motion translation and interface devices, systems, and methods for endoscope valves" (Massachusetts, Indiana, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,983, issued on July 1, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Motion translation and interface devices, systems, and methods for endoscope valves" was invented by Shaun D. Comee (Fiskdale, Mass.), Paula R. Limberg (Northborough, Mass.), Laura E. Richards (Westfield, Ind.) and Rossana Zotti (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments are generally directed to devices, systems, and methods for controlling the flow of fluids in endoscopic systems, such as endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) enabled endoscopes. Some embodiments are particularly directed to valve sets and/or valve interface mechanisms fo...