ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,105, issued on May 20, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Luminal structure anchoring devices and methods" was invented by Kenneth F. Binmoeller (San Francisco) and Corbett W. Stone (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a device for endoscopy or endosonography-guided transluminal interventions whereby two luminal structures in the body may be drawn toward each other and a fluid conduit formed in between. The device may have a hollow central member to which is coupled a distal retention member and in one embodiment a proximal retention member. The retention members...