ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,027, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Anti-fogging device for endoscope" was invented by David B. Bennett (Newbury Park, Calif.), Benjamin H. Feingold (San Francisco) and John Shen (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are systems and methods for controlling the temperature of a distal window of an endoscope, the method comprising: generating light from at least one light source of an illuminator and directing the light to the distal window of the endoscope; reflecting a temperature-dependent fraction of the light from the distal window; detecting the temperature-dependent ...