US Patent Issued to C2DX on May 26 for "Endoscope stabilizing catheter" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,472, issued on May 26, was assigned to C2DX INC. (Schoolcraft, Mich.).

"Endoscope stabilizing catheter" was invented by Shaun Davis Gittard (Winston Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example catheter has an elongate member defining an elongate member proximal end, an elongate member distal end, an outer surface, and a main body, the outer surface defining a side opening at a position between the elongate member proximal end and the elongate member distal end, the main body defining a first lumen and a second lumen, the second lumen extending from the elongate member proximal end to the side opening; a balloon disposed on t...