ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,019, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to AMBU A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).

"Handle for an endoscope" was invented by Jesper Grondahl Lund (Vaerlose, Denmark) and Bjorn Bruhn Thomsen (Birkerod, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handle (4) for an endoscope (1) includes a first shell-shaped (6) housing part and a second shell shaped housing part (7) adapted for mutual engagement so as to form a housing. The shell-shaped housing parts (6, 7) include a first recess (10) and a second recess (11) so arranged and configured that when the first and second shell-shaped housing parts (6, 7) are mutually engaged, a circumferential recess is prov...