US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on June 9 for "Endovascular devices and methods for exploiting intramural space" (Minnesota, North Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,788, issued on June 9, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Endovascular devices and methods for exploiting intramural space" was invented by Chad John Kugler (Buffalo, Minn.), Matthew Jonathan Olson (Grafton, N.D.), Ross Arlen Olson (Anoka, Minn.), David B. Robinson (Chanhassen, Minn.) and Robert Emmet Atkinson (White Bear Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for exploiting intramural (e.g., subintimal) space of a vascular wall to facilitate the treatment of vascular disease, particularly total occlusions. For example, the devices and methods disclosed herein may be used to vi...