ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,105, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Trice Medical Inc. (Malvern, Pa.).

"Fully integrated, disposable tissue visualization device with off axis viewing" was invented by Alfred J. Intintoli (Malvern, Pa.), Frederick H. Hardenbrook (Malvern, Pa.) and Stefanie A. Hurowitz (Malvern, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a fully integrated sterilizable one time use disposable tissue visualization device and methods for using such devices. Preferred embodiments of the invention facilitate the visualization of an internal tissue site while ausing a minimum of damage to the surrounding tissue. Further preferr...