ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,918, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Systems and techniques for providing multiple perspectives during medical procedures" was invented by Joshua F. DeFonzo (San Carlos, Calif.), Andrew F. O'Rourke (Los Angeles), Travis Michael Schuh (Los Altos, Calif.), Yanan Huang (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Jason Tomas Wilson (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are systems and techniques for providing multiple perspectives during medical procedures. In one aspect, a method includes positioning a plurality of cannulas in a plurality of anatomical quadrants of a patient, inserting fir...