ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,073, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to MEDINTECH INC. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Endoscope having power accommodation unit" was invented by Chi Won Lee (Namyangju-si, South Korea), Myung Joon Kim (Gwacheon-si, South Korea) and Suk Gyu Koh (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an endoscope including a connector configured to be coupled to an external device and receive power from the external device, wherein the connector includes: a power transmission cable configured to transmit power to a bendable section; a power receiving part comprising a first slider configured to move in a first direc...