ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,971, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to TAEWOONG MEDICAL Co. LTD. (Gimpo-si, South Korea).
"Detachable endoscope for the duodenum" was invented by Sung Hwan Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyun Soo Ji (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detachable endoscope for a duodenum including an insertion unit whose one end is intended to be inserted into a body, and which is provided with a force applying module pivotably disposed on the one end; an operation unit coupled to another end of the insertion unit, and operating the one end of the insertion unit to perform a bending motion with use of an operation module; and a detach...