US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on March 25 for "Ureteroscope device and method for using of such a device" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,900, issued on March 25, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Ureteroscope device and method for using of such a device" was invented by Richard C. Tah (Milford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device includes a sheath extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end and a handle coupled to the proximal end of the sheath. The handle includes a deflection lever coupled thereto. The deflection lever is rotatable proximally and distally along the handle to deflect a distal end of the shaft to which it is operably coupled and a locking mechanism movable between an locked configu...