ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,201, issued on Nov. 11.
"Endoscope" was invented by Chang-bih Shie (Tainan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope (100) includes an insertion tube device (2) and a control device (8). The insertion tube device (2) includes an elastic support unit (3), a lens unit (4), and a tubular sleeve unit (7). The elastic support unit (3) includes a distal disk (31), a proximal disk (33), an intermediate disk (32), first and second springs (34, 35) respectively connected between the disks (31, 32, 33). The lens unit (4) includes a lens seat (41) and a lens module (42). The tubular sleeve unit (7) is sleeved on the lens seat (41) and ...