ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,563, issued on May 27.
"Retrograde endoscope and method for performing intranasal endoscopy" was invented by Daryl Bodner (Millersville, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for performing intranasal endoscopy on a patient includes a mouth gag defining a central cavity, where the mouth gag is configured to be at least partly received in an oral cavity of the patient, and an outer cannula defining a central lumen, where the outer cannula is configured to be introduced through the central cavity of the mouth gag. The assembly also includes an endoscope extending through the central lumen of the outer cannula and configured to...