ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,214, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to AMBU A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).
"Endoscope" was invented by Morten Sorensen (Ballerup, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope including a handle and an insertion tube having a tip part (1) at the distal end and a working channel tube connected to a working channel passage (4) in the tip part (1). The working channel passage (4) is circumferentially delimited by a working passage inner wall surface (7) and the working channel passage (4) has a proximal end including a proximal end surface (15) and a distal end. The tip part (1) includes a housing (3) with a housing centre axis (C). The ...