ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,458, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Alpine Medical Devices LLC (Carmel, Canada).
"Telescopic attachment for endoscope" was invented by Jan P. Kamler (Carmel, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A telescopic attachment mechanism includes an inner cylinder configured to attach around a distal end of a scope and an outer cylinder slidingly attached around the inner cylinder. The outer cylinder is configured to move from a proximal retracted position to a distal extended position. The outer cylinder in the distal extended position is configured to extend distally beyond the distal end of the scope."
The patent was filed on Aug. 27...