US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Oct. 14 for "Medical device for cutting a suture during a minimally invasive procedure" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,204, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Medical device for cutting a suture during a minimally invasive procedure" was invented by Daniel Shuey (Pine City, Minn.), Christopher J. Koudela (New London, Minn.), Aaron Abbott (Columbia Heights, Minn.), Mitchell Nelson (Hudson, Wis.), Joel T. Eggert (Plymouth, Minn.), James K. Cawthra Jr. (Elk River, Minn.) and Sandra L. Weeda (Osceola, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device for cutting a suture during a minimally invasive procedure includes an elongate shaft, a handle housing disposed at the proximal end of the elongate s...