US Patent Issued to Endeau on July 28 for "Devices and methods for performing water-aided endoscopy" (California, Massachusetts, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,887, issued on July 28, was assigned to Endeau Inc. (Escondido, Calif.).

"Devices and methods for performing water-aided endoscopy" was invented by Allen Newman (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.), Sean Buxton (Providence, R.I.), Anthony DiBella (Franklin, Mass.) and Kenneth F Binmoeller (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscopic plug for performing an endoscopic procedure includes an external housing and internal tubing for securing within a body cavity opening, the external housing including a plurality of support tabs to secure the external housing to an exterior of the body cavity opening, and the internal tubing...