ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,448, issued on July 8, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Modular medical devices and methods of using the same" was invented by Daniel Davis Alhadeff (New York), Aurora Bunten (Marco Island, Fla.), Evan Cusato (Long Beach, Calif.), Rachel Hwang (Campbell, Calif.) and Harrison Young (Robbinsville, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device that includes a first body including a first actuation wire having a first connector that extends outwardly from the first body, and a second body including a second actuation wire having a second connector that is disposed within the second body. The firs...