ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,776, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).
"Apparatus for cleaning a laparoscope" was invented by Amirah Nasser Alaqeel (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for cleaning a laparoscope includes a housing configured to be selectively connected to the laparoscope, a fluid-moving assembly connected to the housing, a wiping assembly connected to the housing, and a trigger movably connected to the housing. The housing may include first transparent portion thereof covering a camera of the laparoscope. The fluid-moving assembly is configured to receive a cleaning fluid ...