US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on Dec. 2 for "Otoscope providing multi-directional illumination" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,771, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Otoscope providing multi-directional illumination" was invented by James Berbee (Madison, Wis.), Azita Hamedani (Verona, Wis.) and Greg Rebella (Hartland, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An otoscope provides a disposable speculum sleeve that conducts light to a narrow tip holding an electronic camera. By removing the light source from the tip, the diameter of the tip may be further reduced to allow the space of the ear canal to be shared between the otoscope and a tool such as a curette for removing foreign objects or to permit the tip to...