US Patent Issued to AMBU on April 7 for "Endoscope with a three-wire steering mechanism" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,965, issued on April 7, was assigned to AMBU A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).

"Endoscope with a three-wire steering mechanism" was invented by Ismail Kuru (Munich) and Gunter Wilhelm Schutz (Augsburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope and a system including the endoscope and a monitor. The endoscope includes a handle; an insertion cord including an insertion tube, a bending section and a distal tip unit and defining an insertion cord axis; a steering mechanism configured to swivel the distal tip unit and including: a first input wheel and a second input wheel, both rotatably supported by the handle; and a first steering wir...