US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed, MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH on June 23 for "Steerable member and system and methods of making and using same" (Wisconsin, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,482, issued on June 23, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.) and MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (Rochester, Minn.).

"Steerable member and system and methods of making and using same" was invented by Mitchell Nelson (Hudson, Wis.), Jason John Matteson Jr. (Beldenville, Wis.) and Matthew Maciej (Rogers, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steerable device and system allowing a steerable elongate member positioned within another steerable tubular elongate member to be steered independently of the steerable tubular elongate member. The steerable tubular elongate member may be steered i...