ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,005, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to AMBU A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).
"Endoscope with improved viewing window cleaning nozzle" was invented by Daniel Bernd Roppenecker (Purgen, Germany), Gunter Wilhelm Schutz (Augsburg, Germany) and Nora Rebekka Tobies (Augsburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope including an insertion tube for insertion into a patient's body cavity and a tip at the distal end of the insertion tube, the tip including a tip housing encapsulating an optical inspection device, a viewing window for or of the optical inspection device and a fluid spray nozzle having an outer wall providing a fluid channe...