ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,325, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to VisOvum Ltd. (Norwich, Great Britain).
"Ultrasonic endocavitary imaging system and method" was invented by Yvonne Ridge (Norwich, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compact and discrete portable ultrasonic endocavitary imaging system for remote self-use is provided. The imaging system includes a probe, a shaft having an image capture assembly rotatably mounted within the probe, and a folding handle. Manual hand-operated rotation of the handle causes rotation of the shaft and image capture assembly, providing swept image data from the interior of a body cavity."
The patent was filed...