US Patent Issued to HOYA on May 5 for "Silver-ion-impregnated channel for endoscope, endoscope including silver-ion-impregnated channel, and methods of cleaning and reprocessing such endoscope" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,205, issued on May 5, was assigned to HOYA Corp. (Tokyo).

"Silver-ion-impregnated channel for endoscope, endoscope including silver-ion-impregnated channel, and methods of cleaning and reprocessing such endoscope" was invented by Hrishikesh Deo (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A channel for an endoscope comprises a tube made of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) having at least one additive. The at least one additive includes a carrier that contains silver ions and is incorporated within a wall of the tube, and a content of silver ions in the tube is at least 0.0005% by weight of the tube."

The patent was filed on June 22, 2...