ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,776, issued on July 29, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Devices, systems, and methods for an instrument accessory" was invented by Richard Crawford (Galway, Ireland), Meabh Holden (Dublin), Enda Connaughton (Galway, Ireland) and Martin L Fawdry (Galway, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure, in its various aspects, is directed to instrument accessory devices, implementation methods, and related delivery systems. Embodiments according to the present disclosure, including as described herein, may increase the effectiveness and efficiency of endoscopic procedures, such as Endo...