ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,201, issued on May 26, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Boston Scientific Medical Device Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).

"Medical devices, systems, and related methods" was invented by Deepak Kumar Sharma (Muzaffarnagar, India), Sharath Kumar G (Kanakapura, India), Paul Smith (Smithfield, R.I.) and Barry Weitzner (Acton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device may comprise a handle, wherein the handle includes a movable body and a main body; a cap configured to be coupled to a distal end of a scope; a patch, wherein the patch is moveable relative to the cap; and a petal body. The patch may b...