ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,759, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to The General Hospital Corp. (Boston).
"Optical coupler for an endoscope" was invented by James S. Titus (Sharon, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical coupler is provided for use with an optical imaging device, such as an endoscope. The coupler device includes a visualization section at one end of the coupler and an attachment section connected to and extending away from the visualization section. The attachment section is dimensioned to be mounted at the distal end of the optical imaging device. The coupler device includes one or more instrument channels extending through the proximal...