ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,010, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to AXESS VISION TECHNOLOGY (Joue-les-Tours, France).

"Handle with a mechanism for controlling the bending of the head of a medical endoscope" was invented by Emmanuel Hallauer (Sache, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a handle for a medical endoscope including a casing having two opposite main faces and provided with a mechanism for controlling the bending of a distal head of the medical endoscope, this control mechanism including at least one member for actuating a pivoting part made in the form of an actuation ring having an axial ferrule having a cylindrical outer ...