ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,820, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).
"Endoscope unclogging system and method" was invented by Kurt G. Shelton (Bedford, Mass.) and Michaella C. Wright (Southborough, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of in situ unclogging a working channel in a medical device during a procedure are disclosed. An exemplary unclogging system comprises a flow sensor to sense a flow rate through a working channel, and a control module to detect a channel state indicating a presence or absence of clogging based on the flow rate. In the presence of channel clogging, the control module can co...