US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Nov. 3 for "Bladder treatment by ablative denervation" (Massachusetts, Minnesota, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,668, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Bladder treatment by ablative denervation" was invented by Thomas John Herbst (Coon Rapids, Minn.), Mark W. Boden (Harrisville, R.I.) and Sandra Nagale (Bolton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, the present disclosure is directed to methods of treating various conditions including bladder conditions in a patient, comprising: positioning at least one ablative element of an ablative device on or over an adventitial surface of the bladder; and using the ablative device to denervate bladder nerve fibers. Other aspects of the prese...