US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Nov. 25 for "Endoscopic suturing system having external instrument channel" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,367, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc..

"Endoscopic suturing system having external instrument channel" was invented by Vladimir Mitelberg (Austin, Texas), Thomas Neudeck (Austin, Texas) and John Mims (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscopic suturing system includes an endoscope, a suturing device, a needle assembly movable through tissue by the suturing device, and first and second devices used in association with the suturing device. The cap assembly includes a rotatable needle arm supporting the needle assembly and actuatable by a proximal handle via a transmission assembly. First ...