ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,698, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Devices and methods for delivering powdered agents" was invented by Andrew Pic (Northboro, Mass.), Laurie Lehtinen (Boylston, Mass.), Collin Murray (Bolton, Mass.) and Nicholas Seagrave (Dudley, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for delivering an agent may comprise a chamber for receiving agent through an agent inlet; and a body received within the chamber. The body may be movable in first and second directions along a longitudinal axis of the chamber. In a first configuration of the body, an amount of the agent may flow into the ...