ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,164, issued on July 14, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Hemostasis clip short system" was invented by Esteban Solano Montenegro (Heredia, Costa Rica), Daniel Eduardo Mata Barrantes (San Isidro, Costa Rica) and Jose Pablo Nunez Corella (San Jose, Costa Rica).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a capsule along with first and second clip arms, proximal ends of which are received within the channel so that the first and second clip arms are movable relative to one another between an open configuration and a closed configuration. A deployment mechanism includes a tension member connected to...