US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Sept. 8 for "Flexible suturing instrument" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,874, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Flexible suturing instrument" was invented by Ty Fairneny (Hopkinton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suturing instrument includes a handle, an elongate shaft, and a suturing head. One or more pull wires extend from the handle into the elongate shaft for controllably deflecting a deflectable portion of the elongate shaft in one or more directions and/or planes for improved maneuverability within the body of a patient during an endoscopic or laparoscopic surgical procedure and for changing the positioning of the suturing head."

The pat...