ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,938, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to EndoChoice Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).
"Fluid distribution device for a multiple viewing elements endoscope" was invented by Golan Salman (Atlit, Israel), Amram Aizenfeld (Ramot Menashe, Israel) and Stephan Wieth (Klein Nordende, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided herein a tip section for an endoscope assembly that includes a fluid distribution device for circulating fluid for cleaning a body cavity. In an embodiment, the tip section includes a groove aligned with side jet channels, where multiple holes drilled above the groove, through the periphery of a tip cover covering th...