US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on June 2 for "Locking feature for hemostasis clip" (Costa Rican, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,533, issued on June 2, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Locking feature for hemostasis clip" was invented by Juan Pablo Ortiz Garcia (Heredia, Costa Rica), Joseph W. King (Franklin, Mass.), Matthew Robert Jagelski (Milford, Mass.), Jimena Cespedes Berrocal (Alajuela, Costa Rica), Cristian Araya Camacho (Alajuela, Costa Rica), Gonzalo Jose Saenz Villalobos (Alajuela, Costa Rica) and Robb Morse Gavalis (Westborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clipping system includes a clip, a core member and a control member.The clip includes a capsule extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a dis...