US Patent Issued to CEEK Women's Health on Aug. 11 for "Speculum with secondary bills" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,287, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to CEEK Women's Health Inc. (Portland, Ore.).

"Speculum with secondary bills" was invented by Fahti Self (Portland, Ore.), Maria Lalli (Portland, Ore.), Darius Naigamwalla (Portland, Ore.), Chase Thompson (Portland, Ore.) and Ethan Vella (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses relating to a speculum. The speculum includes a handle, a first bill and a second bill, where a proximal end portion of the first bill and the second bill are coupled to an upper portion of the handle and configured to open along a first axis, a third bill and a fourth...