US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Feb. 17 for "Devices and methods for controlled delivery of a stent" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,359, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Devices and methods for controlled delivery of a stent" was invented by Gary Gilmartin (Foxford, Ireland), Geraldine A. Toner (Raphoe, Ireland), Louis McNern (Donegal, Ireland), Martyn Folan (Loughrea, Ireland), Matthew Montague (Galway, Ireland), Carmel Ralph (Galway, Ireland), Maire Bhreathnach (Galway, Ireland), Enda Connaughton (County Galway, Ireland) and Martin Hynes (Galway, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to d...