US Patent Issued to Rebound Therapeutics on May 5 for "Cannula and obturator with a transparent tip with an opaque component" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,359, issued on May 5, was assigned to Rebound Therapeutics Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Cannula and obturator with a transparent tip with an opaque component" was invented by Peter G. Davis (Irvine, Calif.), Ross Tsukashima (Irvine, Calif.) and Donald Joseph Fuller (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cannula system and method for accessing a blood mass in the brain. The system comprises a cannula with a camera mounted on the proximal end of the cannula with a view into the cannula lumen and the surgical field below the lumen. A prism, reflector or other suitable optical element is oriented between the camera and the lumen of t...