US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Nov. 4 for "Medical devices and related methods" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,211, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Medical devices and related methods" was invented by James Weldon (Newton, Mass.), Scott E. Brechbiel (Acton, Mass.) and Evan Wilder (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one aspect, a medical device may be configured for use with an endoscope and may include a tool. The tool may include an actuator, at least one extension at a distal portion of the actuator, and a distal end. The at least one extension may extend radially outward from the actuator and may have an edge configured to fragment debris within a body. The medical devic...