ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,253, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Agent administering medical device" was invented by Laurie A. Lehtinen (Boylston, Mass.), Collin Murray (Maynard, Mass.), Gerald Fredrickson (Westford, Mass.), Ra Nam (Lawrence, Mass.), Daniel Congdon (Hudson, Mass.), Joseph Rausa (Littleton, Mass.), Andrew Pic (Northboro, Mass.) and Tony Soukalopoulos (Worcester, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device that comprises an enclosure defining a cavity for containing an agent, a lumen for receiving a pressurized fluid, a channel between the cavity and the lumen, and a barrier positi...