US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on March 4 for "Systems for limiting movement of control mechanisms" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,290, issued on March 4, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Systems for limiting movement of control mechanisms" was invented by Andrew Brian Graveley (Indianapolis), Ana Marcela Cordero Munoz (Bloomington, Ind.), Leslie Sherwood (Ellettsville, Ind.) and Gregory Ostrander (Bloomington, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly may have an axle. Rotation of the axle may cause deflection of a portion of a medical device. A collet may have an opening. The axle may extent through the longitudinal opening. An actuator may be configured to interact with the collet. A first configuration of the collet ...