US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Jan. 27 for "Reconstrainment band with reduced removal interference" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,250, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Reconstrainment band with reduced removal interference" was invented by Mark D. Wood (Shrewsbury, Mass.), John J. Damarati (Marlborough, Mass.) and John O. McWeeney (Brighton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The reconstrainment band includes a hollow generally tubular shaped band having proximal and distal ends and having an exterior surface for engaging a stent and an interior surface for engaging a delivery tube. The exterior surface has at least one fin projecting therefrom along the longitudinal axis of the band. The fin has at least...