US Patent Issued to Neptune Medical on June 24 for "Device and method for enhanced visualization of the small intestine" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,695, issued on June 24, was assigned to Neptune Medical Inc. (Burlingame, Calif.).

"Device and method for enhanced visualization of the small intestine" was invented by Alexander Q. Tilson (Burlingame, Calif.) and Garrett J. Gomes (Pleasant Hill, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of enhancing visualization of a body lumen. A device including a capsule endoscope and a plurality of struts attached thereto may be positioned into the body lumen. The plurality of struts of the device may self-expand within the body lumen from a constrained configuration to an expanded configuration in which the plurality of struts extend both ...