ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,687, issued on June 24, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Steering system with locking mechanism" was invented by John B. Golden (Norton, Mass.) and Mark Monroe (Osterville, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steerable device, such as a steerable catheter, may include a control handle and an insertion shaft extending outwardly therefrom. In use, the insertion shaft is navigated to an area of interest for examination and/or treatment thereof. The steerable device may include a steering system that controls the deflection angle of the distal end of the insertion shaft in two or more non-planar dir...