US Patent Issued to Covidien on Oct. 6 for "Motor control for disposable steerable endoscope" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,611, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Motor control for disposable steerable endoscope" was invented by Chenghao Bi (Boulder, Colo.), Evan William Tuer (Cupar, Great Britain) and Derek S. Tata (Longmont, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology relates to a medical video system that includes a video laryngoscope, a cartridge removably attached to the housing of the video laryngoscope, and an introducer such as endoscope. The cartridge may include a port, an output drive, and first electrical contacts. The endoscope may include a proximal end having a drive system and second electrical conta...