Boston Scientific Scimed Treatment Agent Delivery System Patent Granted
Summary
USPTO granted Patent US12605151B2 to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. on April 21, 2026, covering a treatment agent delivery system with 20 claims. The patent protects a medical device including a handle with an actuator, a shaft, an actuation member, a cartridge containing a treatment agent, and a plunger, where movement of the actuator controls delivery of the treatment agent from the cartridge. Inventors are Paul Smith, Travis Henchie, and Peter L. Dayton. The patent application was filed on April 12, 2023, under Application No. 18299161.
“A medical system includes a medical device having a handle, a shaft, an actuation member, and medical system also includes a cartridge and a plunger.”
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USPTO granted Patent US12605151B2 to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. on April 21, 2026. The patent covers a treatment agent delivery system comprising a medical device with a handle, shaft, actuation member, cartridge, and plunger. Movement of the actuator controls movement of the actuation member, which in turn controls movement of either the plunger or cartridge to deliver the treatment agent.
Boston Scientific Scimed gains enforceable intellectual property protection for this technology. Competitors developing treatment agent delivery systems with cartridge-based mechanisms should conduct freedom-to-operate analyses before commercialisation. Medical device manufacturers in the A61M and A61B device space should review the patent claims for potential overlap with existing or planned products.
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Medical systems, devices, and related methods
Grant US12605151B2 Kind: B2 Apr 21, 2026
Assignee
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Inventors
Paul Smith, Travis Henchie, Peter L. Dayton
Abstract
A medical system includes a medical device having a handle, a shaft, an actuation member, and medical system also includes a cartridge and a plunger. The handle includes an actuator movable relative to the handle, and the actuator is coupled to a distal end of the shaft via the actuation member. The cartridge contains a treatment agent, and the cartridge is couplable to the distal end of the shaft. The plunger is movable relative to the cartridge. Movement of the actuator controls movement of the actuation member. Movement of the actuation member controls movement of either the plunger or the cartridge to control a delivery of the treatment agent from the cartridge.
CPC Classifications
A61B 17/00491 A61B 217/00292 A61B 217/0034 A61B 17/7097 A61B 17/8805 A61B 17/8822 A61B 17/8833 A61M 31/007
Filing Date
2023-04-12
Application No.
18299161
Claims
20
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