ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,623, issued on May 27, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Surgical needle device" was invented by James R. Mujwid (Hudson, Wis.), Kory P. Hamel (Bloomington, Minn.), James A. Alexander (Excelsior, Minn.), John J. Buysman (Minnetonka, Minn.), John F. Otte (St. Anthony, Minn.) and Jason W. Ogdahl (Minneapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various surgical introducer needle and anchor systems are provided. The systems can include an introducer needle and a tissue support implant or sling device. The implant device can include one or more anchoring devices. The introducer needle device can include a han...