ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,309, issued on March 3, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Boston Scientific Medical Device Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).

"Actuators for medical devices and related systems and methods" was invented by Aditya Dhanotiya (Madhya Pradesh, India), Balaji Aswatha Narayana (Karnataka, India), Nabarun Bhowmick (West Bengal, India), Shrikant Vasant Raut (Maharashtra, India) and James Weldon (Newton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one aspect, a handle assembly for a medical device may comprise a handle body; and an actuator for controlling a supply of air and a supply of liquid to the medical d...