US Patent Issued to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED on Nov. 25 for "Pneumatic or hydraulic powered tissue closure devices" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,369, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INC (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Pneumatic or hydraulic powered tissue closure devices" was invented by Shaun D. Comee (Fiskdale, Mass.) and Kathryn Venuto (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to systems, medical devices, and methods for closing an opening in a target tissue using hydraulics and/or pneumatics. In some embodiments, a medical device may include an endoscopic device operable to close an opening in a target tissue, and an actuator operable with the endoscopic device, wherein the actuator includes a piston within ...