ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,782, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to AMBU A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).
"Endoscope control system" was invented by Martin Johst Christensen (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Gunter Wilhelm Schutz (Augsburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope including a control system including: a first control wheel connected to a first wire drum and to a first steering wire of the endoscope to control the bending operation in a first dimension, the first control wheel having a bearing surface; a second control wheel connected to a second wire drum and to a second steering wire to control the bending operation in a second dimension, the secon...