US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on July 22 for "Endoscopic suturing control handle" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,471, issued on July 22, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Endoscopic suturing control handle" was invented by Christopher R. Deuel (Melrose, Mass.), Shaun D. Comee (Fiskdale, Mass.), Kevin Windheuser (Hopkinton, Mass.), Todd M. Pfizenmaier (Worcester, Mass.), Andrew Jones (Roslindale, Mass.), Brian H. Yoo (Arlington, Mass.) and Evan H. Williams (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to medical devices, systems and methods to endoscopically suture or otherwise manipulate t...