ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,089, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Endoluminal device with retractor system" was invented by Gregory Piskun (Delray Beach, Fla.), John T. To (Newark, Calif.), Mariel Fabro (San Francisco), Brian Tang (Fremont, Calif.) and Sergey Kantsevoy (Owing Mills, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Improved methods and devices for performing an endoscopic surgery are provided. Systems are taught for operatively treating gastrointestinal disorders endoscopically in a stable, yet dynamic operative environment, and in a minimally-invasive manner. Such systems include, for example, an endosco...