US Patent Issued to HUNAN VATHIN MEDICAL INSTRUMENT on March 24 for "Control element for endoscope, self-locking device, handle, and endoscope" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,298, issued on March 24, was assigned to HUNAN VATHIN MEDICAL INSTRUMENT Co. LTD. (Xiangtan, China).

"Control element for endoscope, self-locking device, handle, and endoscope" was invented by Zhenhua Zhou (Xiangtan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control element for an endoscope includes a mounting base and an elastic member. The mounting base is provided with an avoidance area; the avoidance area is a hole or groove penetrating through the mounting base; the elastic member is disposed corresponding to the avoidance area; one end of the elastic member is connected to the mounting base, and the other end of the elastic membe...