US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Feb. 24 for "Medical extraction assemblies and methods of using the same" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,113, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Medical extraction assemblies and methods of using the same" was invented by Richard Crawford (Galway, Ireland) and Enda Connaughton (Galway, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device that includes an outer shaft, an inner shaft disposed within the outer shaft, and a tube disposed within the inner shaft and the outer shaft. The medical device includes a first expandable member having a proximal end secured to the outer shaft and a distal end secured to the inner shaft. The inner shaft and the tube are received through the first ...