US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Sept. 8 for "Anastomosis device, systems, and methods" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,887, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Anastomosis device, systems, and methods" was invented by Sean P. Fleury (Princeton, Mass.), John Thomas Favreau (Spencer, Mass.) and James J. Scutti (Norwell, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to medical devices for establishing an anastomosis between body lumens. In one example, an elongate member is configured to move between a first configuration and a second configuration. The elongate member may comprise a first end, a second end, and a middle segment extending therebetween. In the second configuration...