US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on July 7 for "Device and method for treatment of hemorrhoids using suction" (Massachusetts, California, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,880, issued on July 7, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Device and method for treatment of hemorrhoids using suction" was invented by Kevin Windheuser (Hopkinton, Mass.), Oscar R. Carrillo Jr. (Middletown, Conn.), Shaun Dennis Comee (Fiskdale, Mass.), Michael McGOVERN (San Diego), Kevin L. Bagley (Natick, Mass.) and Nestor Allan Ibanez (Brighton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a handle having a trigger in combination with a distal portion, the distal portion including a rigid elongated hollow member which receives tissue therein and a plunger fitted with and configured to sli...