US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Sept. 16 for "Tether traction systems and methods of use thereof" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,778, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Tether traction systems and methods of use thereof" was invented by Barry Weitzner (Acton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to traction systems, and methods of use thereof, for endoscopic procedures such as tissue dissection. For example, a traction system may include a filament extendable along an outer surface of an endoscope with a distal end of the filament attachable to a medical device engaged with a target tissu...