US Patent Issued to AMBU on Nov. 3 for "Endoscope comprising a suction valve" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,396, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to AMBU A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).

"Endoscope comprising a suction valve" was invented by Alistair David Morton (Copenhagen, Denmark), Anders Kluver (Ballerup, Denmark) and Thomas Bachgaard Jensen (Vaerlose, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope including a handle, an insertion cord, a working channel, and a suction valve in the handle including a valve body and a stem. The valve body has a valve cylinder, an inlet connected to the working channel, and an outlet configured to be connected to a suction device. The stem is movable axially in the valve cylinder between a first position, in ...