US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Sept. 16 for "Steerable medical device having an imaging system" (Massachusetts, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,682, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Steerable medical device having an imaging system" was invented by Christopher L. Oskin (Grafton, Mass.), Brian Maclean (Cary, N.C.), William M. Asselin (Lunenburg, Mass.), Michael O'Brien (Newton, Mass.) and Thomas M. Zappia (West Boylston, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the disclosure may include a medical device comprising an elongate member and a handle assembly connected to the elongate member. The handle housing may house a steering mechanism movable relative to the handle assembly and configured to steer the elon...