US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Sept. 8 for "Aseptic filling techniques and systems for an endoscope" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,746, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Aseptic filling techniques and systems for an endoscope" was invented by Brittany Elizabeth Reed (Brighton, Mass.), Brian Luis (Boylston, Mass.), Ryan V. Wales (Northborough, Mass.), Aakash Deora (Marlborough, Mass.), Juan M. Alvarez Azpeitia (Somerville, Mass.) and Nathan Thomas Cummings (Worcester, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for refilling a container during an endoscopic procedure. An illustrative reservoir may be placed in selective fluid communication with a water bottle. The water bottle may form a fluid tig...