US Patent Issued to General Electric, Oliver Crispin Robotics on Oct. 27 for "Insertion tool with rotation interface" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,772, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Schenectady, N.Y.) and Oliver Crispin Robotics Ltd. (Altrincham, Great Britain).

"Insertion tool with rotation interface" was invented by Grant David Paul Westgarth (Newport, Great Britain) and Andrew Crispin Graham (Badminton, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insertion tool includes a housing, an elongated section at least partially within the housing, a bendable section coupled to the elongated section at, and an actuator. The actuator is configured to actuate the bendable section, via causing an axial displacement of the elongated section within the housi...