US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Medical Device on March 3 for "Enhanced dilator and methods of using the same" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,706, issued on March 3, was assigned to Boston Scientific Medical Device Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).

"Enhanced dilator and methods of using the same" was invented by Jeffery Arnett (Gilbert, Ariz.) and David Rees (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An enhanced dilator includes a dilator shaft defining a lumen for receiving a functional device (e.g., a puncturing device) therethrough. The dilator shaft includes a proximal portion for manipulation by a user and a distal portion to placement in or near the heart. A dilator hub is coupled to the proximal portion of the dilator shaft and includes a rotational coupling structure for coupli...