US Patent Issued to INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH on July 29 for "Bronchoscope tip marker for orientation of radial endobronchial ultrasound probe" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,787, issued on July 29, was assigned to INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH (Philadelphia).

"Bronchoscope tip marker for orientation of radial endobronchial ultrasound probe" was invented by Christopher Manley (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radial endobronchial ultrasound system providing localization of visualized lung lesions or nodules in the airways of a patient is provided herein. The system has three, main components: a guide sheath with a distal end, a flexible bronchoscope with a tip, and a radial endobronchial ultrasound probe. The guide sheath directs insertion of the bronchoscope into the patient, with the tip of...