ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,945, issued on July 29, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Device delivery via biliary access device" was invented by Ramin N. Tehrani (Marlborough, Mass.) and Eric Gacon (Shrewsbury, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery endcap assembly is adapted for use with a biliary access device and is adapted to permit a medical device to be delivered through the biliary access device. The delivery endcap assembly includes a securement portion adapted to be releasably securable to a proximal end of the handle after the one or more removable components have been removed from the handle, a tapered port...