ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,759, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Modular scope device" was invented by Michael S.H. Chu (Brookline, Mass.), Sacha Tang (Tygnsborough, Mass.) and Mayur Kiran Patel (Framingham, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for modularly assembling a scope device includes an optical module which has an optical housing and a longitudinal member extending distally therefrom. A distal end of the member includes a camera for visualizing a target area, electric wires and a light source extending from the camera to the optical housing. The system also includes a deflector module cou...