US Patent Issued to Carl Zeiss Meditec on May 12 for "Endoscopic probe with reduced obstruction" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. RE50,885, issued on May 12, was assigned to Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (Jena, Germany).

"Endoscopic probe with reduced obstruction" was invented by Martin Fanenbruck (Oberkochen, Germany), Helge Jess (Oberkochen, Germany) and Roland Guckler (Ulm, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscopic probe includes a handle with a front end, a rear end with a rear end axis and, extending between the front end and the rear end, a straight grip portion with a grip portion axis. The probe further includes a shaft extending from the front end of the handle and having a shaft axis, and a cable issuing from the rear end. The shaft axis, the rear end axis...