ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,901, issued on March 25, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).
"Endoscopic instrument" was invented by Benjamin Perry Hedges (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Andrew W. Melton (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Ryan Kellar (Naples, Fla.) and Zachary Dominguez (Carpinteria, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to instruments and methods of performing an endoscopy. An endoscope for producing images of a surgery in vivo may include a hub and an imaging rod extending from the hub, the imaging rod being configured to direct the light to an imaging sensor located adjacent to a distal end of the imaging rod, the hub and the im...