ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,764, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to CANON U.S.A. INC. (Melville, N.Y.).
"Medical apparatus and method of use thereof" was invented by Brian Ninni (Woburn, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An articulated medical device having a hollow core, capable of large degrees of maneuverability through small spaces of a patient to reach a target with minimal invasiveness, and once the medical device has reached the target, allowing for finite movement of the distal end of the medical device to hone in on one or more targets or areas of interest, without having to move the remainder of the medical device."
The patent was filed on July 12...