ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,764, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to PLASMATICA LTD. (Moshav Bnei Atarot, Israel).
"Gap for plasma cloud formation opposite a viewport" was invented by Adam Sagiv (Moshav Bnei Atarot, Israel), Michael Maller (Eshar, Israel) and Amnon Lam (Kibutz Givat Oz, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are methods of immunizing a viewport of a medical device against fogging before or during a medical procedure, and related apparatuses and devices. The methods comprise applying plasma to the viewport prior to use, thereby rendering a surface of the viewport highly hydrophilic. The methods eliminate or at least significantly reduce b...