US Patent Issued to ResnENT on June 24 for "Orthopedic arthroscopic optical cannula system" (California, Illinois, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,694, issued on June 24, was assigned to ResnENT LLC (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Orthopedic arthroscopic optical cannula system" was invented by Willard S. Noyes (Bloomington, Ill.), Benjamin J. Gray (Portland, Maine) and Philip J. Simpson (Solana Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical cannula system can include a cannula, a body, a first tube, a second tube, and a valve assembly. An outer cannula wall can define an interior space extending along an axis of the cannula. One or more inner cannula walls within the outer cannula wall can divide the interior space into a first channel and a second channel. A proximal portion of...