ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,875, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CLEVELAND MEDICAL CENTER (Cleveland).
"Endoscopic tissue resection device" was invented by Amitabh Chak (University Heights, Ohio), Jeffrey Marks (Solon, Ohio), Steve Schomisch (Strongsville, Ohio) and Ryan Juza (Broadview Heights, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscopic tissue resection device configured to be attached at a distal tip of an endoscope is disclosed. The device comprises a cap, a snare sheath, a snare, and a spring wire. The snare comprises a collapsible snare wire configured to be retracted from the cavity of the cap into the snare sheath, the collap...