US Patent Issued to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona on Nov. 18 for "Panoramic view attachment for colonoscopy systems" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,762, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Panoramic view attachment for colonoscopy systems" was invented by Rongguang Liang (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Single viewpoint panoramic imaging attachments for a colonoscope are disclosed that are compact in size and provide 360-degree side and rear-views in a single image. One panoramic attachment assembly includes a plurality of micro-imaging subsystems that are positioned around a central opening. Each micro-imaging subsystem includes a reflector to receive light that is reflected from a sur...