ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,316, issued on March 3, was assigned to PSIP2 LLC (Manchester, N.H.).
"Endoscope with bendable camera shaft" was invented by Salmaan Hameed (San Jose, Calif.), Michael Herda (Boxford, Mass.) and Siddharth Desai (Mission Viejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope with a handle and an insertion shaft. The insertion shaft has solid state illumination and imaging circuitry at or near a tip designed to provide illumination and imaging of a body cavity for a surgeon during surgery. At least a portion of the insertion shaft is flexible or articulated. Controls on the handle permit control of flex or articulation of the insert...