ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,066, issued on June 3, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Medical valve" was invented by James J. Scutti (Norwell, Mass.), Robb Morse Gavalis (Westborough, Mass.), Allyn Narcisse Jensrud (Milford, Mass.), Larry Edward Stanton (Burlington, Mass.) and Colby Harris (Norfolk, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve for use in an endoscope may comprise a proximal valve stem member having a first lumen extending from a proximal opening at a proximalmost end of the proximal valve stem member to a distal opening at a distalmost end of the proximal valve stem member. A distal valve stem member may have a ...