US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Nov. 4 for "Systems, devices, and related methods for fastening tissue" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,347, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Systems, devices, and related methods for fastening tissue" was invented by Paul Smith (Smithfield, R.I.), Gary Jordan (Litchfield, N.H.), Nathan Cummings (Worcester, Mass.), Ryan Wales (Northborough, Mass.) and Douglas Melanson (Natick, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscopic tissue fastening device may include a body having a first portion and a second portion arranged alongside the first portion. The second portion may extend distally of the first portion and may terminate in a distal end face of the body. The device may further i...