US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on June 23 for "Endoscopic needle assembly" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,109, issued on June 23, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Endoscopic needle assembly" was invented by Vladimir Mitelberg (Austin, Texas) and Donald K. Jones (Dripping Springs, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needle and suture assembly is provided for use with an endoscopic suturing device with a needle holder arm. The needle assembly includes a needle tip and a needle body. The needle tip has a sharp end. The needle body is tubular and has first and second ends and flexible tab retainers adjacent the second end for retaining the needle body relative to the needle holder arm. The tab retainers...