US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on May 26 for "Endoscopic suturing system having external instrument channel" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,005, issued on May 26, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Endoscopic suturing system having external instrument channel" was invented by Vladimir Mitelberg (Austin, Texas), John Mims (Austin, Texas), Ryan Gilkey (Kyle, Texas) and Landon Gilkey (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distal cap apparatus for use with an endoscope, having a proximal end and a distal end and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween, includes a mount configured for mounting to the distal end of the endoscope, and a strap connected to the mount and configured for banding about the distal end of the endoscope when...