US Patent Issued to Covidien on July 1 for "Multifunctional visualization instrument with orientation control" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,994, issued on July 1, was assigned to Covidien AG (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).

"Multifunctional visualization instrument with orientation control" was invented by Derek Scot Tata (Loveland, Colo.), Craig Allen Patton (Boulder, Colo.) and Peter Douglas Colin Inglis (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multifunctional laryngoscope is provided that includes a handle comprising a proximal end and a distal end and a display screen on the handle. The laryngoscope includes a laryngoscope camera at the distal end of the handle and an introducer comprising an orientation sensor at a distal end of the introducer. The lary...