ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,781, issued on July 29, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.) and WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (Worcester, Mass.).
"Clutch system for flexible endoscopes" was invented by Christopher J. Nycz (Holden, Mass.), Elizabeth M. Albrecht (White Bear Lake, Minn.), Megan Chrobak (Westford, Mass.), Kianoosh Ghazi (Worcester, Mass.), Gregory Scott Fischer (Boston) and Bryan Allen Clark (Forest Lake, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscopic system may include an endoscope including a handle and an elongate shaft extending distally therefrom. The handle may include a non-motorized and non-ratcheting actuat...