ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,395, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Medimaging Integrated Solution Inc. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Endoscope" was invented by Chia-Jung Lee (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Yueh-Ying Fan (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope includes a catheter having a lens at one end and extending into a handle, an instrument tube partly received in the handle and partly exposed outside, a linkage unit within the handle, a controlling unit pivotally connected to the linkage unit, a cable connecting the linkage unit and the catheter periphery, a tension unit connected to the cable, and a tension adjusting unit having adjusting members and con...