US Patent Issued to AMBU on June 23 for "Endoscope having a distal tip unit with a bulged portion" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,994, issued on June 23, was assigned to AMBU A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).

"Endoscope having a distal tip unit with a bulged portion" was invented by Ken Henrik Buch (Vordingborg, Denmark), Torben Svanberg Nielsen (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Peter Bender Christoffersen (Kongens, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope including a handle or interface; and an insertion cord configured to be inserted into a patient's body cavity and including a distal tip; the distal tip including a distal tip housing and a camera module configured to be inserted into and accommodated in the distal tip housing; the distal tip housing including a tu...