US Patent Issued to HOYA on July 15 for "Endoscope with working channel and a control body" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,157, issued on July 15, was assigned to HOYA Corp. (Tokyo).

"Endoscope with working channel and a control body" was invented by Tilman Schroter (Friedberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an endoscope with a working channel in an insertion tube, and a control body, on the distal side of which the insertion tube is connected, and an attachment body attached to the control body in a detachable manner, wherein the detachably fastenable attachment body includes a working channel assembly and a suction device assembly."

The patent was filed on March 29, 2021, under Application No. 17/916,909.

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