US Patent Issued to Hologic on Oct. 27 for "Fundus bumper mechanical reference for easier mechanism deployment" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,260, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Hologic Inc. (Marlborough, Mass.).

"Fundus bumper mechanical reference for easier mechanism deployment" was invented by Thomas C. Kochem (Watertown, Mass.) and Daniel A. Beaudet (Lexington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Intrauterine devices and methods for facilitating deployment thereof using a bumper are disclosed. In one embodiment, an intrauterine device comprises a structure including a first central support member and a deployment mechanism coupled to the first central support member. The intrauterine device further comprises a bumper positioned at a distal end of a second central ...