US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on May 20 for "Articulation mechanisms and methods of use" (American, Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,114, issued on May 20, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Articulation mechanisms and methods of use" was invented by Conor Reid (Cambridge, Mass.), Andrea Cahill (Cambridge, Mass.), Tara Ann Jarobski (North Oxford, Mass.), Paul Smith (Smithfield, R.I.), Tyler Cloyd (Boston), Nestor Allan Ibanez (Brighton, Mass.) and Jan Weber (Maastricht, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accessory device for use with a medical device includes a first cuff secured to a distal end of the medical device, a second cuff secured to the medical device proximal of the first cuff, an actuator, and at least one a...