US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on June 2 for "Medical implant attachment mechanism" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,676, issued on June 2, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Medical implant attachment mechanism" was invented by Nicholas Lee Tassoni (Andover, Minn.), Kelsey Rae Cooper (Blaine, Minn.), Thomas P. Jancaric (Maple Grove, Minn.), John D. Kroeger (Mounds View, Minn.), Eric Dinges (Edina, Minn.), Reggie Roth (Monticello, Minn.), John L. Teschendorf (Lino Lakes, Minn.) and David B. Morris (Anoka, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attachment mechanism for a medical implant system may include a first part fixedly attached to a distal end of an elongate shaft, the first part having a first longitudinal l...