ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,133, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Bendit Technologies Ltd. (Petach Tikva, Israel).
"Steering tool" was invented by Oz Cabiri (Hod HaSharon, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering tool includes an internal tube disposed inside an external tube. The internal and external tubes are arranged for longitudinal axial movement relative to one another. A distal end of the internal tube is fixedly joined to a distal end of the external tube. At least one of the internal and external tubes is slotted near the distal end thereof, and the longitudinal axial movement causes bending of the distal ends of the tubes."
The patent was ...