US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Medical Device on April 7 for "Laceration system and device, and methods for laceration" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,115, issued on April 7, was assigned to Boston Scientific Medical Device Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).

"Laceration system and device, and methods for laceration" was invented by Jackie Leung (Richmond Hill, Canada), Eduardo Moriyama (Richmond, Canada), Gareth Davies (Toronto) and Kaylie Lau (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laceration device for use in medical procedures includes a shaft having a proximal portion defining a proximal end, and an opposed distal portion defining a distal end. A perforation electrode is at the distal end, and a first electrical connector extends proximally from the perforation electrode for connection ...