ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,795, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Folding printed circuit board assembly for endoscope camera" was invented by Craig Allen Patton (Boulder, Colo.), Derek S. Tata (Longmont, Colo.) and Shai Tofach (Louisville, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology relates to a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) that is incorporated into a steerable tip of an endoscope. The endoscope includes a working channel extending through the steerable tip; a foldable printed circuit board (PCB) extending at least partially around the working channel. The foldable PCB includes a planar sensor segment extendin...