Marcia Buiser of Watertown, Mass., Erin McKenna of Boston, Thomas V. Casey II of Grafton, Mass., Paul DiCarlo of Middleboro, Mass., and Janel Lanphere of Pawtucket, R.I., have developed particles. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 7,727,555 on June 1.

The patent has been assigned to Boston Scientific SciMed Inc., Maple Grove, Minn.

According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: “Particles and related methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of making particles can include forming a stream of a mixture including first and second materials, exposing the stream to a vibration, and treating the stream to form particles. The vibration can have, for example, a sinusoidal, triangular, and/or sawtooth waveform.”

Source: US Fed News, June 2, 2010