US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Sept. 1 for "Tissue traction bands and methods for tissue traction" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,616, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Tissue traction bands and methods for tissue traction" was invented by Anne Sluti (Watertown, Mass.) and Talha Riaz (Framingham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a tissue traction device, e.g., for an endoscopic procedure such as endoscopic tissue dissection. For example, a tissue traction device may include a traction band having a first end, a second end, a length therebetween and extending along a longitudinal axis...