US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on June 16 for "Devices, assemblies, and methods for delivering agents" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,540, issued on June 16, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Devices, assemblies, and methods for delivering agents" was invented by Adam Gregory McDermott (Lincoln, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve assembly for a medical device that includes a piston configured to move relative to an enclosure of the medical device, the enclosure including a first region in fluid communication with an agent, and a second region in fluid communication with a source of fluid. The piston includes a chamber disposed on a sidewall of the piston which is configured to receive the agent. The piston is configured ...