ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,854, issued on May 26, was assigned to MEDINTECH INC. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Motor-driven endoscope" was invented by Chi Won Lee (Namyangju-si, South Korea) and Myung Joon Kim (Gwacheon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor-driven endoscope includes: an insertion unit which is configured so that at least a part from one side thereof, and which includes a curve unit that is configured to be bent when being pulled by a wire inserted therein; a grip unit which is provided at one side of the insertion unit and is held by a user to input a driving input; a plurality of motors for transferring driving power so as to steer t...