US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on June 2 for "Device and method for applying a cinch to a suture" (Massachusetts, Florida, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,522, issued on June 2, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Device and method for applying a cinch to a suture" was invented by Stan Robert Gilbert (Litchfield, N.H.), Shaun Dennis Comee (Fiskdale, Mass.), Peter Joseph Shank (Boylston, Mass.), Christopher R. Deuel (Melrose, Mass.), Dennis Brian Hubbard Jr. (Lancaster, Mass.) and Norman C. May (Valrico, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical devices for applying a cinch to a suture and methods for making and using such devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include an elongated shaft including a proximal region and a distal region. The...