US Patent Issued to KARL STORZ Imaging on March 24 for "Medical scope with capacitive sensor unit" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,303, issued on March 24, was assigned to KARL STORZ Imaging Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Medical scope with capacitive sensor unit" was invented by Jonathan Bormet (Goleta, Calif.) and Larry Oslie (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an imaging system including a video endoscope, the video endoscope having a handle, and an endoscope. The endoscope includes an image sensor fixedly mounted within the endoscope. A capacitive sensing unit is disposed along an outer surface of the handle. The capacitive sensing unit includes a plurality of capacitive sensors disposed on the outer surface of the handle. The handle ...