US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Nov. 18 for "Suture based closure device for use with endoscope" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,910, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Suture based closure device for use with endoscope" was invented by Ryan V. Wales (Northborough, Mass.), Paul J. Smith (Smithfield, R.I.), Scott E. Brechbiel (Burlington, Mass.) and Kevin L. Bagley (Natick, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suture device for use in combination with a delivery system including a lumen extending through the delivery system includes a needle usable to carry a suture, a distal shuttle configured to releasably secure the needle, a sleeve disposable over the distal shuttle, the distal shuttle movable relative ...