US Patent Issued to KARL STORZ Imaging on Sept. 1 for "Endoscopic imaging system including medical scope with capacitive sensor units and a method therefor" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,695, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to KARL STORZ Imaging Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Endoscopic imaging system including medical scope with capacitive sensor units and a method therefor" was invented by Larry Oslie (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Jonathan Bormet (Goleta, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a camera head having a capacitive sensing unit disposed along the outer surface of the camera head. The capacitive sensing unit includes a plurality of capacitive sensors. The camera head includes an electronic controller operable to process an actuation of the plurality of capacitive sensors to control a camera control fun...