US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Sept. 9 for "Device housing features to facilitate damage free guidewire translations" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,312, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Device housing features to facilitate damage free guidewire translations" was invented by Jeffrey Lucas (Hopkins, Minn.) and Lloyd Radman (Blaine, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards apparatuses, systems, and methods that include a percutaneous circulatory support device. The percutaneous circulatory support device is used with a guidewire and may include a housing having a blood outlet aperture. The blood outlet aperture may include a channel that is configured to receive and s...