US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Oct. 20 for "Medical device having a rotatable working channel and related methods of use" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,916, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Medical device having a rotatable working channel and related methods of use" was invented by Ryan Wales (Northborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device comprising a shaft, a handle housing a proximal end of the shaft, a first channel extending throughout a lumen of the shaft, wherein the first channel is rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the shaft, the channel including a proximal end and a distal end, and an actuator, wherein a distal end of the actuator is configured to engage and disengage with the proximal end o...