US Patent Issued to DUKE UNIVERSITY on July 28 for "Device and method for accessing a cavity" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,889, issued on July 28, was assigned to DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, N.C.).

"Device and method for accessing a cavity" was invented by Joseph S. Fernandez-Moure (Durham, N.C.) and Jacob Peloquin (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for accessing a cavity includes a tube and a trocar. The trocar extends through the tube and includes a handle, a sheath, and a tip member. The sheath is opposite the handle. The tip member is disposed in the sheath. The tip member is biased in an extension direction away from the handle. The tip member also includes an indicator indicating a position of the tip member relative to the handle."...