ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,734, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).

"Tip assemblies for real-time sampling system" was invented by Jean-Martin Baillargeon (Seattle), Jason T. Panzenbeck (Seattle) and Peter A. Lambe (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and system for effective real-time visualization of medical device usage. The apparatus includes a handle that receives a medical device and an imaging component, a flexible shaft includes at least two lumen and is attached to the handle and an end cap attached to the flexible shaft. The end cap includes a first lumen, an exit port located at a proximal en...