US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on May 26 for "Structures for intracorporeal spacing and methods of using same" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,112, issued on May 26, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Structures for intracorporeal spacing and methods of using same" was invented by John Mundahl (Golden Valley, Minn.), Benjamin R. Hoenes (St. Louis Park, Minn.), Sriharsha Mushnoori (Minneapolis), Hak Rae Lee (Minneapolis) and John J. LaRoy (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some aspects, the present disclosure pertains to hydrogel-securing structures that comprise anchoring element that is configured to anchor the structure to bodily tissue and a hydrogel-retaining element that is configured to retain a hydrogel mass. Other aspects...