US Patent Issued to AMBU on Sept. 1 for "Endoscope with one steering input element for two bending planes" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,503, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to AMBU A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).

"Endoscope with one steering input element for two bending planes" was invented by Jakob Schutz (NeusaB, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope (1) including a handle (2), an insertion cord (3), and a steering mechanism, the insertion cord (3) including an insertion tube (4), a bending section (5) and a distal tip unit (6), the steering mechanism including a manually operable steering input element (7) to receive a rotational input by a user and being connected to a control shaft, which is rotatably supported at the endoscope handle (2) and a steering ...