ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,560, issued on May 27, was assigned to ES ENDOMED SOLUTIONS GMBH (Essenbach, Germany).
"Endoscope with quick-change tubes" was invented by Jurgen Kress (Essenbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope for the minimal invasive examination or surgical treatment of a patient has a flexible tubular shaft for insertion into the patient, a grip attached to a proximal end of the shaft for holding the endoscope, and at least one hollow tube. The shaft has at least one groove extending axially along an outer face of the shaft and in which the tube is removably housed. The tube has at least one working channel for guiding a surg...