ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,887, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Conmed Corp. (Largo, Fla.).
"Devices and methods for applying a hemostasis clip assembly" was invented by Michael Barenboym (Boston), Doug Sjostrom (Tewksbury, Mass.) and Daniel P. Damato (Boston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for applying a hemostatic clip assembly includes a proximal delivery catheter having a handle assembly and an elongated catheter body defining a longitudinal axis extending distally from the handle assembly, and a distal clip assembly removably connected to a distal end of the catheter body. The distal clip assembly includes a distal clip housing, a jaw assembly ...