US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on March 24 for "Tissue resurfacing devices and methods thereof" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,465, issued on March 24, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Tissue resurfacing devices and methods thereof" was invented by Travis Henchie (Worcester, Mass.), Joseph W. King (Franklin, Mass.), John T. Favreau (Spencer, Mass.), Lauren Sfakis Lydecker (Millbury, Mass.), Amanda L Smith (Boston) and Andrew Pic (Northboro, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A resurfacing device for removing a thin layer of diseased tissue while minimizing damage to the underlying tissue layers may include an expandable scaffold attached to a catheter shaft, at least one electrode disposed on the expandable scaffold, an...