US Patent Issued to AMBU on April 21 for "Endoscope" (Italian, Swedish, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,042, issued on April 21, was assigned to AMBU A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).

"Endoscope" was invented by Ulf Quensel (Ystad, Sweden), Barbara Tornaghi (Monza, Italy), Andrea Besana (Seveso, Italy) and Felix Andreas Graw (Augsburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope including a handle, a wing, and an insertion cord. The handle includes a proximal operating section, a distal transition section, and an intermediate gripping section. The wing extends from the operation section and is selectively rotatable between an active position in which the wing extends along the handle to provide a hand space between the handle and the w...