ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,879, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HOYA Corp. (Tokyo).
"Distal end having a free space between camera and working channel" was invented by Wolfgang Mayer (Friedberg, Germany) and Anh Minh Do (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope including an endoscope head having a housing, an examination supporting member on the distal end of the housing, and a working channel extending in the endoscope head, the working channel being formed in a hose-like or tubular working channel member and in the housing which is provided distally from the working channel member, wherein the housing has a working channel member receiving surfa...