ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,386, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to ColoWrap LLC (Durham, N.C.).
"Endoscopy band with visual indicator to assist placement" was invented by James Hathorn (Durham, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscopy support apparatus that includes a primary wrap sized for placement around a subject's lower abdomen. At least one elastic strap extends from the primary wrap and is configured to extend across at least a portion of the primary wrap and to fasten to a third portion of the primary wrap to adjust the amount of pressure applied by the endoscopy support apparatus. The endoscopy support apparatus includes at least one visual in...