ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,991, issued on June 23, was assigned to GUANGZHOU RED PINE MEDICAL INSTRUMENT Co. LTD. (Guangzhou, China).
"Endoscope wire pulling wheel, endoscope handle, and endoscope" was invented by Feng Yi (Guangzhou, China), Jing Li (Guangzhou, China) and Xiaofeng Tan (Guangzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an endoscope wire pulling wheel, an endoscope handle, and an endoscope. During a winding process, both ends of a pull wire are respectively distributed at two opposite sides of a winding part; then, the two ends of the pull wire are respectively correspondingly wound in the two winding grooves in opposite directions. ...