US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Nov. 18 for "Methods and apparatus for calibration of a sensor associated with an endoscope" (California, Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,757, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Methods and apparatus for calibration of a sensor associated with an endoscope" was invented by Nathaniel McCaffrey (Hampton Falls, N.H.), Jane Bareau (Needham, Mass.), Laura Keith (Acton, Mass.), James McNally (San Diego) and Jason Sproul (Watertown, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the invention include an apparatus including an enclosure configured to receive an endoscope having an electromagnetic radiation sensor. The apparatus also includes an electromagnetic radiation source having at least a portion disposed within t...