US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on April 7 for "Endoscope overcovers for wheels and handles" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,964, issued on April 7, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Endoscope overcovers for wheels and handles" was invented by Ryan Vincent William Pollock (Sterling, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device including a handle and a flexible member controlled by the handle, the handle including one or more knobs, each of the one or more knobs having a plurality of protrusions spaced circumferentially from one another, wherein the medical device comprises one or more grip-enhancing features configured to be removably coupled to the one or more knobs."

The patent was filed on Nov. 9, 2022, under...