ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,197, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Attachment clamp" was invented by John B. Golden (Norton, Mass.), John O. McWeeney (Brighton, Mass.), Christopher A. Benning (Hopkinton, Mass.), Robert Castoldi (Marlborough, Mass.), John F. Howard (Salem, Mass.), Brian Intoccia (Denver), Gary Kappel (Acton, Mass.) and William L. Churchill (Bolton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various apparatuses to attach a first medical device to a second medical device are described that allow the physician to grasp only a single device while the other device remains securely attached to the one be...