ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,706, issued on May 12, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Extendible and retractable endoscopic cap" was invented by Colby Harris (Norfolk, Mass.), Allison Kumarasena (Wellesley, Mass.) and Jennifer Lewitzky (Lexington, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tissue treating device includes a handle with an actuator; a control cable; and a cap. The cap includes a mounting structure removably coupled in an operative configuration on a distal end of an insertion device. The cap includes a part movably coupled to the structure for movement between a retracted position in which a distal end of the part is ...