US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Nov. 11 for "Devices and methods for treatment of body lumens" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,511, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Devices and methods for treatment of body lumens" was invented by George Wilfred Duval (Sudbury, Mass.), Peter L. Dayton (Brookline, Mass.) and Evan Wilder (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for performing a medical procedure may comprise advancing a first device through a first body lumen. A distal portion of the first device may include a magnet. The method may further comprise advancing a second device through a second body lumen. The second device may include a magnetic field sensor. The method may further comprise receiving ...