US Patent Issued to Bendit Technologies on Nov. 11 for "Steering tool with controlled distal flexibility" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,339, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Bendit Technologies Ltd. (Petach Tikva, Israel).

"Steering tool with controlled distal flexibility" was invented by Oz Cabiri (Hod HaSharon, Israel) and Oded Meiri (Ram-On, 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. A tube manipulator can cause relative axial movement and distal bending of the internal and external tubes. A locking mech...