ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,506, issued on Sept. 1.
"Medical scope" was invented by Samit Soni (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical scope that includes a handheld controller comprising an elongate controller housing sized to be operable by one hand of a user; a fluid reservoir positioned within the elongate controller housing and including a fluid cavity in fluid communication with at least one irrigation channel positioned inside an insertion tube; a fluid pump in operative communication with a second control and in fluid communication with the fluid cavity and the irrigation channel; a camera positioned at an first end portion of the insertion tu...