US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on March 25 for "Portable medical devices and systems" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,894, issued on March 25, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Portable medical devices and systems" was invented by George Duval (Sudbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical system may comprise an endoscope, including a handle and a sheath having a first illumination source, a second illumination source, and an imaging device at a distal tip of the sheath. The first illumination source may be configured to emit white light. The second illumination source may be configured to emit a non-white light. The system may also comprise a display device, a controller configured to interface with the...