US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Oct. 6 for "Twisted tip soft tissue anchors" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,717, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Twisted tip soft tissue anchors" was invented by Joshua Mark Inouye (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An occlusive implant may include an expandable framework configured to shift between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The expandable framework includes a plurality of anchor members extending radially outward from the expandable framework in the expanded configuration, each anchor member including at least one base portion fixedly secured to the expandable framework and a plurality of anchor tips exten...