US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on March 31 for "Apparatus for increased dye flow" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,199, issued on March 31, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Apparatus for increased dye flow" was invented by Joel R. Munsinger (Blaine, Minn.), Derek C. Sutermeister (Ham Lake, Minn.) and Mark Steven Smith (Coon Rapids, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Elongate tubular medical devices having increased fluid flow are disclosed. The elongate devices may have a parking space within a lumen for withdrawing a treatment device from the body while retaining the treatment device within the elongate device. The parking space may provide for a fluid flow through the elongate device that approximates a fl...