US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Nov. 11 for "Medical device placement assemblies and methods of using the same" (Massachusetts, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,356, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Medical device placement assemblies and methods of using the same" was invented by Jeffrey Clay (Southlake, Texas) and Barry Weitzner (Acton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device that includes a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, the shaft defining a lumen extending from the proximal end of the shaft to an opening on a side of the shaft. The medical device includes a grasping tool proximate to the distal end of the shaft and configured to fix the distal end relative to a target site. The medical device further incl...