US Patent Issued to Bayou Surgical on Sept. 1 for "Intraoperative endoscope cleaning system" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,511, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Bayou Surgical Inc. (Houston).

"Intraoperative endoscope cleaning system" was invented by Rajitha Aluru (Houston), William Cohn (Bellaire, Texas), Jorge Salazar (Houston), Scott Sloss (Houston) and Abdul Umaru (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure is directed to methods and systems for cleaning scopes using a camera port (e.g. trocar) which has been modified to include a cleaning system. A trocar is a device designed to allow surgical instruments and tools to be quickly and easily inserted into a body cavity without contacting the surrounding tissue."

The patent was filed on O...