US Patent Issued to AMBU on July 14 for "Endoscope using capstan principle" (Danish, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,030, issued on July 14, was assigned to AMBU A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).

"Endoscope using capstan principle" was invented by Martin Johst Christensen (Copenhagen O, Denmark) and Dylan Ilg (Inning am Ammersee, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope and a method of assembling the endoscope, the endoscope including a handle including a wire receiving unit rotatably connected to an operating unit; a distal tip unit configured to be inserted into a patient's body cavity; an endoscope shaft connecting the endoscope handle and the distal tip unit; and at least one steering wire, a proximal end portion of which being held by or fix...