ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,956, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to ColoWrap LLC.
"Extendable endoscopy band with visual indicator" was invented by James Hathorn (Durham, N.C.), Dustin Bass (Durham, N.C.) and Michael Sieber (Richmond, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscopy support system, including an extendable primary wrap comprising a band of elastic material sized for placement around a lower abdomen of a subject and at least one elastic, secondary strap having a first end fixed to the primary wrap and a second end comprising a coupling mechanism for removably coupling the second end to the primary wrap, wherein the at least one elastic strap is co...