ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,906, issued on March 25, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).
"Medical devices with biliary diagnostic devices" was invented by Kester Julian Batchelor (Mound, Minn.), Joey Magno (Dudley, Mass.) and Nikhil M. Murdeshwar (Maple Grove, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biliary diagnostic device comprises a tubular body comprising an outer wall and an internal lumen, and a biliary diagnostic sensor comprising for analyzing biological matter in contact with the tubular body. A method of guiding an endoscope to a bile duct comprises inserting the endoscope into a duodenum, engaging a sensor with biological matter, e...