US Patent Issued to AXESS VISION TECH on April 7 for "Endoscope provided with a device for closing a fluid flow circuit, for improved sterilisation" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,960, issued on April 7, was assigned to AXESS VISION TECH (Joue-les-Tours, France).

"Endoscope provided with a device for closing a fluid flow circuit, for improved sterilisation" was invented by Emmanuel Hallauer (Sache, France) and Philippe Le Roux (Tours, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a medical endoscope including: a piston body in which a piston is movably mounted in displacement; the piston delimiting with the piston body a sealed obturation section and a sealed interconnection chamber adapted so that, in the open position of the obturation device, the sealed interconnection chamber ensures comm...