US Patent Issued to Johnson & Johnson Enterprise Innovation on Aug. 11 for "Steerable sheath and adjustable scope attachment" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,279, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Johnson & Johnson Enterprise Innovation Inc. (New Brunswick, N.J.).

"Steerable sheath and adjustable scope attachment" was invented by Louis Mingione (Madison, Wis.), Daniel Price (Madison, Wis.), Kevin Royalty (Madison, Wis.), Jeffrey Bissing (Madison, Wis.), Samantha Weber (Madison, Wis.), Nathan Clemans (Madison, Wis.), Laura Wiley (Madison, Wis.), Nathan Wallace (Madison, Wis.) and Eric Bielefeld (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprising an adjustable mount arm, a bronchoscope coupled to the adjustable mount arm, an attachment coupled to the bronchoscope, and a steer...