US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on July 29 for "Clip devices, systems, and methods for engaging tissue" (Massachusetts, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,921, issued on July 29, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Clip devices, systems, and methods for engaging tissue" was invented by Oscar R. Carrillo Jr. (Middletown, Conn.), James J. Scutti (Norwell, Mass.), Routha Sim (Lowell, Mass.), Katie Olmeda (Maynard, Mass.), Todd M. Pfizenmaier (Sturbridge, Mass.) and Barry Weitzner (Acton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to compression clips, and more specifically, to compression clips delivered to a target site through an endoscope for use in tissue resection, for example, within the gastrointestinal tract. In examples, c...