ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,926, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to INSIGHT MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Endoscope system and wireless controller thereof" was invented by Sing Wu (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Chih-Yu Lu (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope system and a wireless controller are provided. The wireless controller includes a handle and a permanent magnet having a non-columnar shape. The handle has a grip portion and a controlling portion that is connected to the grip portion. The permanent magnet is assembled in the controlling portion. The permanent magnet is mirror-symmetrical across a largest area cross-section there...