US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on July 15 for "Tissue retraction devices and related methods of use" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,333, issued on July 15, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Tissue retraction devices and related methods of use" was invented by Paul Smith (Smithfield, R.I.), Robert Charles (New Boston, N.H.), Jon Taylor (Groton, Mass.), Daniel E. Hamilton (Mont Vernon, N.H.), Samuel Raybin (San Jose, Calif.), Robert Devries (Northborough, Mass.), Niklas Andersson (Wayland, Mass.), Meghan E Soens (Paris), Mary Ann Cornell (Brimfield, Mass.), Ray Tong (Foxborough, Mass.) and John Golden (Norton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a medical instrument. The medical instrument ma...