ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,573, issued on July 22, was assigned to SCOPIX LTD. (Amikam, Israel).

"Surgical port with integrated cleaning means" was invented by Mordehai Sholev (Amikam, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a surgical port integrated with cleaning means, and methods thereof for cleaning the lens and light source of an endoscope."

The patent was filed on Oct. 14, 2024, under Application No. 18/914,330.

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