US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Oct. 7 for "Measurement markings in distal tip imaging field of view" (Massachusetts, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,682, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Measurement markings in distal tip imaging field of view" was invented by Eric N. Lent (Roberts, Wis.), Niraj Prasad Rauniyar (Plymouth, Minn.), Steven T. Carlson (St. Paul, Minn.), Robert J. Riker (Sewickley, Pa.), Longquan Chen (Andover, Mass.), Jeffrey A. Meganck (N Grafton, Mass.), Andrea M. Cahill (Cambridge, Mass.) and Aaron Silva (Somerville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices are provided for determining anatomical distance and/or position measurements during an endoscopic procedure. Markings are placed either phys...