US Patent Issued to Noah Medical on Aug. 18 for "Systems and methods for modular endoscope" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,255, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Noah Medical Corp. (San Carlos, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for modular endoscope" was invented by Enrique Romo (Danville, Calif.), Jian Zhang (San Mateo, Calif.), Carol Kayee Hung (Palo Alto, Calif.), Michael J. Shawver (Mill Valley, Calif.), Piotr Robert Slawinski (South San Francisco, Calif.), Kyle Ross Danna (Scotts Valley, Calif.), Hendrik Thompson (San Francisco) and Liya K. Abraha (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An articulating flexible endoscope is provided. The endoscope comprises: a distal tip portion that is steerable via a driving mechanism; a bending section connect...