ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,976, issued on July 29, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Multifunction medical device and related methods of use" was invented by Paul M. Scopton (Winchester, Mass.), Thinh D. Nguyen (Medford, Mass.) and Stephen J. Perry (Shirley, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of the invention may include a medical device. The medical device may include a flexible tube, an elongate member configured to cut tissue and extend from the flexible tube, and a cauterizing member configured to cauterize tissue and to move relative to the elongate member and the flexible tube. The cauterizing member may...