US Patent Issued to IMPERIAL COLLEGE INNOVATIONS on Dec. 16 for "Trans-oral surgery device comprising a blade with a distal scaffold and a support adjustable through tendons" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,131, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to IMPERIAL COLLEGE INNOVATIONS Ltd. (London).

"Trans-oral surgery device comprising a blade with a distal scaffold and a support adjustable through tendons" was invented by Ming Zhao (London), Daniel Elson (London) and George Mylonas (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trans-oral surgery device has a scaffold insertable into the vicinity of the larynx or hypopharynx of a subject. A support is arranged for holding a flexible optical fiber for delivering light to the subject. A plurality of tendons is connected to the support, and slidably anchors the support to the scaffold. The tendons are a...