ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,577, issued on May 12, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Endoscope having multiple viewing directions" was invented by Andrew Calabrese (Lancaster, Mass.), Louis J. Barbato (Franklin, Mass.), Brian Gaffney (Rutland, Mass.) and Mark D. Wood (Sterling, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope may include a shaft having a longitudinal axis, a first image sensor facing a distal direction, and a second image sensor facing a lateral direction. The endoscope may further include a tubular member having a lumen, the lumen having a distal-end opening and defining a longitudinal axis through a center o...