US Patent Issued to AMBU on March 24 for "Endoscope comprising a bending section having individual segments" (Danish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,299, issued on March 24, was assigned to AMBU A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).

"Endoscope comprising a bending section having individual segments" was invented by Ken Henrik Buch (Vordingbord, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope including a handle and an insertion cord with a bending section having intermediate segments, the intermediate segments including first intermediate segments and second intermediate segments being arranged alternately one after the other in a proximal-distal direction. Hinges between the first intermediate segments and the second intermediate segments are formed by hinge protrusions engaging in hinge...