ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. D1,146,820, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Portion of medical device connector" was invented by William Bertolino (Framingham, Mass.), Geoffrey Douglas Ashton (Hudson, Mass.), Daniel Joseph Faulkner (Framingham, Mass.), Julia Grace Pasco-Anderson (Brookline, Mass.), Eric F. Brown (Wilmington, Mass.), James Frederick Sawicki (Norfolk, Mass.), William J. Abner (Rutland, Mass.), Peg Gebrian (White Bear Lake, Minn.), Catherine Fahey (Waltham, Mass.), Steven Kenneth Chase (Hanover, Mass.), Kevin Zeppenfeld (Mattapoisett, Mass.), Michael Aneiros (Charlestown, Mass.) and Kyle Solstad (Eagan, Minn.).

The patent was filed on April 23, 2024...