ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,213, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to AMBU A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).
"Endoscope with enhanced steering wire arrangement" was invented by Gunter Wilhelm Schutz (Augsburg, Germany), Kaspar Matthison-Hansen (Helsingor, Denmark), Thomas Bachgaard Jensen (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Helga Kunzl (Kissing, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope including at least one operating element, a steerable deflecting element located at the distal end, an endoscope tip, and a steering wire having a first portion, a second portion and an intermediate portion, wherein the intermediate portion is attached to the deflecting element or to the end...