ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,203, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Surgical fastener deployment system" was invented by Vladimir Mitelberg (Austin, Texas), Donald K. Jones (Dripping Springs, Texas) and Brian Szymczak (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a first tube, a sharp coil at a distal end of the first tube, a second tube displaceable within the first tube, and a sharp housing at a distal of the second tube for storing fasteners. The housing can be positioned at a first tissue, and the coil rotated to advance the coil into engagement with the first tissue. The first tube is r...