ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,292, issued on April 14, was assigned to AMBU A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).
"Articulated bending section body for an insertion endoscope" was invented by Kaspar Mat Matthison-Hansen (Helsingor, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope with an articulated bending section body (1) including a number of segments (4) where at least one hinge member (5) is provided between any adjacent segment (4). Each segment (4) has a first surface (9, 9") and a second surface (10, 10') delimited by an outer rim. The first surface (9, 9") includes a first abutment part (11) adapted to abut the first opposing surface (10, 11) of an adjacent segme...