US Patent Issued to AMBU on March 31 for "Tip housing for an endoscope with a coated wall surface" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,806, issued on March 31, was assigned to AMBU A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).

"Tip housing for an endoscope with a coated wall surface" was invented by Lasse Markworth Johnsen (Birkerod, Denmark), Morten Sorensen (Ballerup, Denmark), Christian Lachenmeier (Kobenhavn N, Denmark) and Irene Rivas Palacios (Kongens Lyngby, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing an endoscope having a tip housing may comprise the steps of moulding at least one tip housing for an endoscope by injection moulding or by multi shot injection moulding. Each tip housing may comprise an integrally formed wall defining an interior cavity and a ...