US Patent Issued to AMBU on July 14 for "Endoscope having a steering wire actuator" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,031, issued on July 14, was assigned to AMBU A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).

"Endoscope having a steering wire actuator" was invented by Thomas Bachgaard Jensen (Vaerlose, Denmark), Irene Rivas Palacios (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Michael Kappler Hansen (Vallensbaek, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope (1) including: an insertion cord (3) including a bending section (20); a handle (2) comprising a steering wire actuator (60); and a first steering wire (27) and a second steering wire (28) both connected to the steering wire actuator (60) and running through the insertion cord (3) so that manipulation of the steering wire actuat...