US Patent Issued to ENDOKEY on June 3 for "Manual operation unit, and manual operation group for a medical device" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,078, issued on June 3, was assigned to ENDOKEY S.R.L. (Bologna, Italy).

"Manual operation unit, and manual operation group for a medical device" was invented by Vincenzo Cennamo (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manual operation unit and a manual operation group of a medical device (D), which can be used on an endoscope (E); wherein the operation unit (2) has a supporting body (7; 121; 121'; 121b'), which is configured to adhere, in use, to an area of the user's hand, in particular a finger; and a retaining portion (8; 122a; 122a'; 122b'), which is connected to said supporting body (7; 121; 121'; 121b') and configured t...