US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on June 3 for "Actuator devices and systems" (Massachusetts, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,101, issued on June 3, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Actuator devices and systems" was invented by Richard Tah (Milford, Mass.), Brian MacLean (Cary, N.C.), Mark Hera (Holden, Mass.) and Peter J. Pereira (Mendon, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of a device are described. One aspect is a device comprising: a housing having a first portion engageable with a scope, and a second portion engageable with a handle of a retrieval device; a platform that is movable relative to the housing, and engageable with a slider of the retrieval device; and a link assembly that is coupled the housing an...