US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Sept. 23 for "Braking mechanisms for steerable medical devices and related methods" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,504, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Braking mechanisms for steerable medical devices and related methods" was invented by John B. Golden (Norton, Mass.), Evan Wilder (Boston), Colby Harris (Weston, Mass.) and Michael McBrien (Jamaica Plain, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering system for a medical device may include a first drive member having a central longitudinal axis; a central shaft extending through the first drive member; a control knob coupled to the first drive member; a braking knob coupled to the central shaft and including a first protrusion; and a brak...