ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,252, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Neptune Medical Inc. (Burlingame, Calif.).
"Endoscope sheath apparatuses" was invented by Alexander Q. Tilson (Burlingame, Calif.), Thomas Hsiu (Palo Alto, Calif.), Niklas J. Helmick (San Jose, Calif.), Stephan T. Hoffmann (Danville, Calif.), Eugene Duval (Menlo Park, Calif.), Christopher J. Hasser (Lotus, Calif.), James M. Hayes (La Honda, Calif.), Elias Eleftheriades (Redwood City, Calif.) and Kai Pohlhammer (San Ramon, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sheaths that may be used with endoscopes, and in particular, robotic endoscopes and/or telescoping endoscopes, as well as method of using...