US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on July 8 for "Multi-sharpness split top soft tissue anchors" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,918, issued on July 8, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Multi-sharpness split top soft tissue anchors" was invented by Joshua Mark Inouye (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An occlusive implant may include an expandable framework configured to shift between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, the expandable framework including a proximal end and a distal end. The expandable framework includes a plurality of anchor members extending radially outward from the expandable framework in the expanded configuration, each anchor member including a root portion fixedly a...