US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on July 8 for "Scope-mounted inod handle" (California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,879, issued on July 8, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Scope-mounted inod handle" was invented by Samuel Raybin (San Jose, Calif.), Michael Powers (Pepperell, Mass.), Gary J. Leanna (Holden, Mass.), Seamus F. O'Shaughnessy (Chelmsford, Mass.) and Joseph A. Levendusky (Groton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handle for a medical device includes a distal portion extending longitudinally and including a distal channel extending therethrough, the distal end of the distal portion including a connector configured to connect to a proximal end of an endoscope, a central portion slidably connected to...