ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,366, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Systems and methods for neurovascular interventions" was invented by Erica J. Rogers (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Cynthia Chiu (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Neda Haque (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Natasha Johnston (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Mark C. Page (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices are configured for neurointerventional procedures. The methods and devices enable safe and rapid access to the cerebral or intracranial arteries for the introduction of interventional devices such as to treat stroke and/or other disease conditions. The...