US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on March 17 for "Devices, systems and methods for improved radiotherapy efficacy" (Irish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,220, issued on March 17, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Devices, systems and methods for improved radiotherapy efficacy" was invented by Aiden Flanagan (Galway, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to devices, systems and methods for improved efficacy of radiotherapy treatment of hypoxic tumors. For example, the disclosed devices, systems and methods may statically or continuously oxygenate hypoxic tumors immediately prior to or simultaneous with irradiation."

The patent was...