US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on June 2 for "Medical device system for occluding a left atrial appendage and implant remodeling tool" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,532, issued on June 2, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Medical device system for occluding a left atrial appendage and implant remodeling tool" was invented by Jerry Wang (Edina, Minn.), James M. Anderson (Corcoran, Minn.) and Joshua Mark Inouye (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device system may include an occlusive implant including a central hub and a plurality of elongate members configured to shift between extended and radially expanded configurations. The central hub includes a plurality of conduits extending from a proximal end to a radially outward facing surfac...