ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,289, issued on March 4.
"Endoscope instrumentation drive system" was invented by William Shear (Amarillo, Texas) and Alexander G Sammons (Fairfax Station, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instrument drive system configured to attach to an instrument channel of an endoscope assembly and manage a relative feed position of an instrument using two drive wheels and a device application in a controller. The instrument drive system is attached directly to the instrument channel of the endoscope assembly. operation of the instrument drive system is proximate to the endoscope assembly and an inputs-controls and a deflection control there...