US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on March 25 for "Medical device and method of delivering the medical device" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,136, issued on March 25, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Medical device and method of delivering the medical device" was invented by Peter J. Pereira (Mendon, Mass.), James M. Goddard (Pepperell, Mass.) and Michael S. H. Chu (Brookline, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention discloses an implant. The implant may include a first flap and a second flap. The first flap may further include a first portion, a second portion and a transition region. The first portion may be configured to be attached proximate a sacrum. The second portion may be configured to be attached to an anterior vagin...