US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on April 21 for "Medical systems, devices, and related methods" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,151, issued on April 21, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Medical systems, devices, and related methods" was invented by Paul Smith (Smithfield, R.I.), Travis Henchie (Worcester, Mass.) and Peter L. Dayton (Brookline, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical system includes a medical device having a handle, a shaft, an actuation member, and medical system also includes a cartridge and a plunger. The handle includes an actuator movable relative to the handle, and the actuator is coupled to a distal end of the shaft via the actuation member. The cartridge contains a treatment agent, and the ca...