ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,852, issued on May 26, was assigned to OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Endoscope" was invented by Alrun Thuemen (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope including: a shaft assembly; and a handle assembly. The shaft assembly includes: a fiber tube; an outer shaft tube arranged around the fiber tube; and a support proximally extending from the outer shaft tube. The handle assembly is arranged around the support, and an electrical connection is arranged on an outer surface of the support extending from a proximal end of the support in a distal direction such that the electrical connection is arranged a...