US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Oct. 27 for "Rotatable snares and related methods" (Massachusetts, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,261, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Rotatable snares and related methods" was invented by Heather A. Simani (Dedham, Mass.), Tara E. Deland (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Kenneth R. Keene (Winchester, Mass.), Michael Powers (Pepperell, Mass.) and Mickael A. Jette (Shrewsbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device may include a handle, a sheath fixed relative to the handle, a longitudinal actuator movable relative to the handle, an end effector, a member extending proximally from the end effector through the sheath, with a portion of the member being fixed relative to the l...