ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,047, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Articulating needles and related methods of use" was invented by Peter L. Dayton (Brookline, Mass.), Ryan V. Wales (Northborough, Mass.), Sean P. Fleury (Princeton, Mass.), Paul Smith (Smithfield, R.I.), Scott E. Brechbiel (Acton, Mass.) and Kevin J. McElwee (Franklin, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device may include a needle, including a plurality of links and a distal tip, reciprocally movable between a first configuration and a second configuration, and a conduit including a lumen extending through the needle, the conduit ...