US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Medical Device on March 17 for "Medical systems, devices, and related methods" (Indian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,242, issued on March 17, was assigned to Boston Scientific Medical Device Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).

"Medical systems, devices, and related methods" was invented by Deepak Kumar Sharma (Muzaffarnafar, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device for insertion into a body may include a handle assembly including a handle body and a ball joint; a sensor assembly configured to electronically communicate with a magnet; a body extending longitudinally from the handle assembly; an articulation portion coupled to a distal end of the body, wherein the articulation portion includes a magnetic material; and an end effector coupled to a d...