US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Dec. 30 for "Retrieval devices and related methods of use" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,041, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Retrieval devices and related methods of use" was invented by Michael S. H. Chu (Brookline, Mass.), Kimberly DeGraaf (Holden, Mass.) and Peter J. Pereira (Mendon, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retrieval device may include a sheath including a distal end and a proximal end, and an end effector at the distal end. At least a portion of the end effector may be movable relative to the sheath between extended and retracted states. The end effector may include a support member extending from the distal end of the sheath, and a movable membe...