ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,361, issued on May 5, was assigned to AMBU A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).

"Medical device including a tube" was invented by Jesper Domino Rask (Copenhagen S, Denmark), Morten Sorensen (Ballerup, Denmark), Martin Lund Storup (Bronshoj, Denmark) and Lars Ulrik Nielsen (Virum, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The tube has a first lumen with a proximal end and an open distal end to be placed inside a body cavity. An outer wall encloses the first lumen and a camera lumen. A camera module (10) is arranged in the camera lumen at a distal end thereof so that the camera module is positioned adjacent the distal end of the first lumen. An image t...