ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,588, issued on May 27, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Devices for approximating tissue and related methods of use" was invented by Lindsay Gordon (San Francisco), Sylvie Stacy (Bessemer, Ala.), Johannah Van Der Plas (Maineville, Ohio), Anita R. Kalra (New York), Eamon Doyle (Sierra Madre, Calif.) and David Wurtz (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices for approximating multiple tissue edges internal to a body are disclosed."

The patent was filed on March 22, 2022, under Application No. 17/655,869.

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