ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,296, issued on March 24, was assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL DEVICE Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).

"Internal seal for biopsy cap" was invented by Venkatesh Neelamegam (Tirupur, India), Shalin Singh Rawat (Rishikesh, India), Harchetan Singh Aneja (Amritsar, India), Swami Upadhyay (Raipur, India), Boopathi Rajarathnam (Salem, India) and Amit Bharos (Jabalpur, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Biopsy caps and seals, and methods for making and using the same may be provided in conjunction with an endoscope assembly. A seal may include a main body including a circumferential outer wall surrounding a central lumen. The seal may include ...