US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Nov. 3 for "Devices, systems, and methods to supply fluids to an endoscope" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,404, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Devices, systems, and methods to supply fluids to an endoscope" was invented by Paul Smith (Smithfield, R.I.) and Ryan V. Wales (Northborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for providing a flow of fluid to an endoscope. An illustrative container and tube set arranged and configured to couple to an endoscope may comprise a first container configured to contain a fluid, a hollow piercing member, a first fluid supply tube including a first lumen in fluid communication with the hollow piercing member and the first contain...