ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,266, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG (Tuttlingen, Germany).
"Endoscopic device" was invented by Jochen Stefan (Tuttlingen, Germany) and Sven Gruner (Tuttlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application is directed to an endoscopic device with a shaft which has at least one segment that can be deflected in at least one plane, with an end effector which is arranged on an end segment of the shaft and which includes at least one tool piece, with an actuating unit that is designed for actuating the end effector and which extends at least in part through the shaft and is embodied flexible, at...