US Patent Issued to ENDOSOUND on March 3 for "Devices, systems, and methods for securely and selectively attaching an ultrasound accessory to an endoscope" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,375, issued on March 3, was assigned to ENDOSOUND INC. (Portland, Ore.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for securely and selectively attaching an ultrasound accessory to an endoscope" was invented by Jiefeng Xi (Nanjing, China), Xianjie Su (Nanjing, China), Yan Li (Nanjing, China), Xunyi Li (Nanjing, China), Scott Sutherland Corbett III (Portland, Ore.), Jeremy Andrew Hammer (Portland, Ore.) and Peter D. Hoffman (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sleeve configured to be dispositioned between an endoscope and an ultrasound accessory selectively attachable to the endoscope is disclosed herein. The sleeve can include a rig...