US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Oct. 21 for "Devices, systems, and methods for anchoring tissue" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,881, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for anchoring tissue" was invented by Sean P. Fleury (Princeton, Mass.) and Jason Weiner (Grafton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for drawing tissue walls together using a first tissue anchoring element and a second tissue anchoring element spaced apart from each other. The first tissue anchoring element is thinner than the second tissue anchoring element. The first tissue anchoring element may be a suture, optionally including a suture anchor. The second tissue anchoring eleme...