ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,402, issued on March 3, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Reverse anastomosis closure clip" was invented by Robb Morse Gavalis (Westborough, Mass.), Brittany Elizabeth Reed (Brookline, Mass.) and Joseph W. King (Franklin, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a clip, a member and a control member. The clip includes a barrel member defines a cavity therein and clip arms. Distal ends of the arms are connected to one another and slidably received within the cavity to be moved between open and closed configurations. The member includes a lumen extending longitudinally therethrough. A di...