US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Oct. 7 for "Medical device having a plurality of lumens and a port" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,675, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Medical device having a plurality of lumens and a port" was invented by Timothy P. Harrah (Cambridge, Mass.), Christopher L Oskin (Grafton, Mass.), Arpita Banerjee (Bangalore, India), Sandesh Gavade (Bangalore, India), Abhijit Takale (Pune, India) and Pavan Misra (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods are provided for breaking a kidney stone(s) into smaller particles, fragments, and/or stone dust; and removing the same from a patient. The medical device may include a tube having a distal end, a proximal e...