ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,806, issued on June 9, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Medical systems, devices, and related methods thereof" was invented by Steven T. Carlson (St. Paul, Minn.), Jeremy Jevne (Ham Lake, Minn.), Scott Jevne (St Anthony, Minn.), Blake Bolthouse (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Niraj Prasad Rauniyar (Plymouth, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device may comprise a handle having at least one actuator, a shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween, the proximal end connected to the handle, the shaft including a distal articulable section including a distal tip, ...