ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (9,180,620) developed by two co-inventors for medical balloons. The co-inventors are Douglas A. Devens Jr., St. Paul, Minnesota, and Daniel James Horn, Shoreview, Minnesota.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 21, 2003 (10/645,055). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2 . . .