US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Oct. 7 for "Devices, systems, and methods for medical cleaning valves" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,800, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for medical cleaning valves" was invented by Colby Harris (Norfolk, Mass.) and Larry E. Stanton (Burlington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical cleaning valve (or cleaning valve) may be configured to provide cleaning functionality to fluid (e.g., air and water) channels of an endoscope. Many embodiments described herein may include a cleaning valve (or valve) that is appropriate for single-use and therefore may be disposable. Accordingly, the valve may be made from a limited number of parts and material...