US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Oct. 28 for "Stopcock with indexing mechanism providing feedback of hub position" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,846, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Stopcock with indexing mechanism providing feedback of hub position" was invented by Stewart Kume (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Lorraine Martinez (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Adam Wigginton (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical stopcock having a body with a central, cylindrical hub surrounding an axis and a plurality of ports extending radially outward from the hub; a rotatable hub having a housing, a manifold shaft, and an arm; and an indexing feature comprising at least one spring-loaded element configured to provide engagement with...