US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Sept. 30 for "Suture cinching and cutting device" (Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,872, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Suture cinching and cutting device" was invented by Christopher R. Deuel (Melrose, Mass.), Ryan V. Wales (Northborough, Mass.), Sean P. Fleury (Minneapolis) and Stan Robert Gilbert (Litchfield, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical devices for applying a cinch to one or more suture and cutting the suture, and methods for making and using such devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include an elongated shaft, a connection sleeve, a cinch sleeve coupled to the connection sleeve, and a cinch member. An elongated inner shaft...