ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,749, issued on April 22.
"Disposable endoscope cannula" was invented by Seunghyuk Cho (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disposable endoscope cannula which can prevent infection caused by reuse includes an intubation part formed in a predetermined length and insertable into a human body, a binding part connected in the rear of the intubation part and fastened to a trocar part or a scope part to be detachable, and a fluid flow-in and out part mounted on an outer peripheral surface at a front side of the binding part in order to receive or discharge a fluid through the intubation part. The trocar part is fastened to th...