ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,788, issued on July 29, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Hysteroscopic system" was invented by Mira Sahney (South Lexington, Mass.) and Cemal Shener-Irmakoglu (Hot Springs, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hysteroscopy system includes a scope having an internal channel, a sheath removably coupled to the scope, and an outflow channel. The sheath has a distal flange extending internally towards an outer surface of the scope. The outflow channel is formed between an inner surface of the sheath and an outer surface of the scope. The distal flange forms a distal end of the outflow channel and is generally located betw...