US Patent Issued to COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES on Feb. 10 for "Endoscopic resection cap with built-in oscillating dissector" (American, Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,091, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Bloomington, Ind.).

"Endoscopic resection cap with built-in oscillating dissector" was invented by John C. Sigmon Jr. (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Shaun D. Gittard (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Christopher A. Carruthers (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Liam Breen (Limerick, Ireland) and Vihar C. Surti (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device for facilitating a minimally invasive surgical procedure may include a housing and an arm. The housing may be configured for engagement around an outer circumferential surface of an endoscope and may include a first cavit...