ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,240, issued on May 6, was assigned to ConMed Corp. (Utica, N.Y.).
"Endoscopic visualization system" was invented by Eric J. Peterson (Auburn, Mass.) and Walter M. Dibacco (Norfolk, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscopic visualization system including an endoscopic subsystem comprising: an endoscope having an optical channel and an illumination channel; an image sensor operatively coupled to receive light from the optical channel; and a solid-state light source operatively coupled to transmit light through the illumination channel; at least one electrical cable extending from the endoscopic subsystem; and a monitor subsyst...