ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,761, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to IzoMed Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Endoscope accessory" was invented by Ashkan Farhadi (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention generally relates to a method for performing an endoscopic procedure. According to some aspects of the invention, the method comprises placing an endoscope shaft within a body cavity at a desired examination point, the endoscope shaft having a proximal end, mid shaft and a distal end, the distal end terminating in an endoscope tip, wherein the endoscope tip is proximal to the desired examination point, positioning a segment of a longitudinally opened o...