ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,540, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Surgease Innovations Ltd. (Nelson, Great Britain).
"Digital endoscope" was invented by Fareed Iqbal (Nelson, Great Britain), Gillian Gole-Cruz (Windsor Berkshire, Great Britain), Robin Crossley (Windsor Berkshire, Great Britain) and Jeremy Gardner (Windsor Berkshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable digital rectosigmoidoscope single-handed, digital intestinal endoscope, used by suitably trained healthcare workers to digitally view the anus, rectum and distal sigmoid colon in people with anorectal symptoms at point of care."
The patent was filed on Oct. 10, 2019, under Ap...