ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,343, issued on July 15, was assigned to Dragon Crown Medical Co. Ltd. (Jinan, China).

"Endoscope for multi-channel minimally invasive channel" was invented by Wenzhou Yang (Jinan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope including a working channel and an accessory endoscope. The working channel includes a main channel, an accessory channel, and a handle. The main channel and the accessory channel are rigidly connected to the handle. The main channel and the accessory channel each include an inlet disposed on the handle. The accessory endoscope is disposed in the accessory channel. The accessory endoscope comprises an access...