ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,718, issued on March 17, was assigned to Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.).
"Universal endoscope adapter" was invented by Michelle Yu (Ithaca, N.Y.), Anais Rameau (Ithaca, Ind.), Mark Lee (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Elliot Morse (Ithaca, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscopy system according to the present disclosure includes an adapter for coupling a mobile device to an endoscope. A guide can be included that enables proper alignment of the adapter with the mobile device so that a generally centered image is presented on the mobile device from the endoscope. Further, various embodiments of the adapter can include integrated optic...