ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,760, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Kenvue Brands LLC (Summit, N.J.).

"Systems, methods, and apparatus for attaching an otoscope" was invented by Max Hunter Knecht (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Stephen Anton (Union, N.J.), Sean James Coyle (Pennington, N.J.), Nathan Wald (Summit, N.J.), Eleanor F. Small (Philadelphia) and Nicole Kaminsky (Yardley, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for attaching an optical element, such as an otoscope, to a smart phone for diagnosing and/or identifying problems of an outer ear, a middle ear, and/or an ear canal of a patient. The device may comprise a main body. The main body may comprise an aperture...