US Patent Issued to INFINITY RESEARCH on Aug. 11 for "Imaging speculum for otology" (Arizona, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,284, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to INFINITY RESEARCH INC. (Germantown, Tenn.).

"Imaging speculum for otology" was invented by John Tesar (Tucson, Ariz.) and Steve Charles (Germantown, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved imaging ear speculum is disclosed. The speculum retains a small imaging module such as a camera near is distal opening. The imaging module is retained in a carrier, which is slid into a track or guide in an interior wall of the speculum. Improved specula may also include annular inflatable bladders arranged on their outside distal surface, which bladders can engage with the patient's ear and render t...