US Patent Issued to Tympany Medical on Dec. 9 for "Scope" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,895, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Tympany Medical Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).

"Scope" was invented by Ivan Keogh (Galway, Ireland), Rory O'Callaghan (County Cavan, Ireland), Elizabeth McGloughlin (Limerick, Ireland), Martin Gallagher (Limerick, Ireland) and Christina Walsh (Galway, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scope (1) for examining or surgically treating ears comprising at least one camera (6), a light source (7), and a stabilizer (2) for supporting the camera (7) in or on the stabilizer (2), the stabilizer (2) being integral with the camera (7) and being configured to stabilize the scope (1) in an ear canal."

The pate...