US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on March 4 for "Systems and methods for body passage navigation and visualization" (Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,485, issued on March 4, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Systems and methods for body passage navigation and visualization" was invented by Sean P. Fleury (Minneapolis), Peter L Dayton (Brookline, Mass.), Ryan V. Wales (Northborough, Mass.), Paul Smith (Smithfield, R.I.) and Scott E. Brechbiel (Acton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for enhanced navigation and visualization of body passages. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure provide enhanced navigation through the pulmonary peripheries, and enhanced visualizat...