ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,975, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Precision Robotics (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Shatin, Hong Kong).
"Flexible endoscope with detachable head and handle" was invented by Ping Lai Benny Lo (Shatin, Hong Kong), Yang Hu (Shatin, Hong Kong), Siu Lun Alan Kwok (Shatin, Hong Kong), Sotiris Tsouris (Shatin, Hong Kong) and Sai Yan Ng (Shatin, Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible endoscope system is provided for use in surgical operation which includes a head part and a control handle detachably connected using first and second docking keys. The head part comprises a shaft, a flexible tip located at a distal end of the shaft, an im...