US Patent Issued to COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES on July 22 for "Endoscope lighting control with camera extension" (Irish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,387, issued on July 22, was assigned to COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Bloomington, Ind.).

"Endoscope lighting control with camera extension" was invented by Jonathan K. Lupton (Thomasville, N.C.), Liam Breen (Ballina, Ireland), Vincent McHugo (Birdhill, Ireland), John C. Sigmon Jr. (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and Christopher A. Carruthers (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scope system is provided including an elongate tube, a movable member extending longitudinally at least partially within a lumen of the elongate tube, and a light on a distal portion of the elongate tube, the light configured to be controlled by proxi...