ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,756, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to The General Hospital Corp. (Boston).
"Optical coupler for an endoscope" was invented by James S. Titus (Sharon, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device is provided for visualizing a surface area within a patient. The device comprises an elongate flexible shaft having a proximal end configured for coupling to an image display and a distal end, and a coupler device having an attachment portion removably coupled to the distal end of the elongate shaft. The coupler device includes a visualization portion configured to allow transmission of an optical image of the surface area to the image dis...