US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on March 25 for "Methods for coupling device components and related devices having such components" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,956, issued on March 25, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Methods for coupling device components and related devices having such components" was invented by Brian Gaffney (Rutland, Mass.), Paul Smith (Smithfield, R.I.), James J. Scutti (Norwell, Mass.) and Rachel Marie Williams (Peoria, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for coupling a first medical device component to a second medical device component comprising altering the first medical device component from a natural state to an altered state, by reducing a cross-sectional dimension of the first medical device, fitting a first porti...