ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,647,685, issued on June 2, was assigned to AURA Technologies LLC (Carrboro, N.C.).

"Doctor-patient video interface device" was invented by Alex Blate (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Douglas Bennett (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Anna Bennett (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and Garrett Goss (Morrisville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A video interface device, the device including a camera; an optically transparent enclosure, the enclosure configured to enclose the camera and configured for sanitization; a height-adjustable mount connected to the optically transparent enclosure; a computer display connected to the height-adjustable mount; and a cart connected to the ...