US Patent Issued to AMBU on Oct. 20 for "Endoscope with a bending section having a disc for fixing a steering wire" (Danish, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,755, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to AMBU A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).

"Endoscope with a bending section having a disc for fixing a steering wire" was invented by Thomas Bachgaard Jensen (Copenhagen, Denmark), Helga Kunzl (Kissing, Germany), Michael Kappler Hansen (Vallensbaek, Denmark) and Martin Johst Christensen (Copenhagen O, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope includes a distal tip unit, a handle, a shaft including a bending section made of a first material, and a steering wire for controlling a bending movement of the bending section. The bending section has segments, an inner lumen accommodating a working channe...