US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on March 25 for "Devices, systems, and methods for forming an opening between body lumens" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,933, issued on March 25, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for forming an opening between body lumens" was invented by Amanda L. Smith (Boston), John T. Favreau (Spencer, Mass.), Travis Henchie (Worcester, Mass.), Joseph W. King (Franklin, Mass.), Lauren Lydecker (Millbury, Mass.) and Andrew Pic (Northboro, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates generally to the field of devices and procedures for forming an opening between adjacent tissue structures. For example, in an embodiment, a system for forming an opening between body lumens may include a ...