US Patent Issued to KARL STORZ Endovision on Sept. 22 for "Endoscopic system with electrical bridge in distal tip" (Massachusetts, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,692, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to KARL STORZ Endovision Inc. (Charlton, Mass.).

"Endoscopic system with electrical bridge in distal tip" was invented by Dashiell Birnkrant (Sutton, Mass.), Gerard Vadenais (Bellingham, Mass.), Katherine Rohena (Worcester, Calif.) and Udaya Silva (Webster, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical bridge connects to a packaged imaging sensor in the distal tip of a scope shaft. The bridge has an insulative body including a distal surface with a cross sectional size no greater than that of the packaged image sensor. A plurality of electrical contacts are arranged in an array along the di...