ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,028, issued on May 26, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Medical systems, devices, and related methods thereof" was invented by Enda Connaughton (County Galway, Ireland), Anthony O'Brien (Galway, Ireland), Aiden Flanagan (County Galway, Ireland), Charlene Deane (County Roscommon, Ireland), Michael Hughes (Claregalway, Ireland), Richard Crawford (Galway, Ireland), Martin Lawrence Fawdry (Galway, Ireland) and Stephen McCooey (Dundalk, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for removing one or more objects or materials from a body lumen includes delivering a tube and an expandable device to the...