US Patent Issued to Ohio State Innovation Foundation on July 8 for "Device for improving ergonomics of an endoscopic control handle" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,862, issued on July 8, was assigned to Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio).

"Device for improving ergonomics of an endoscopic control handle" was invented by Benjamin K. Poulose (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope has a control handle having angulation knobs, wherein the angulation knobs are oversized permitting the user to access the oversize angulation knobs without stressing the thumb. A control handle attachment secures to the control handle and urges the hand into a neutral anatomic position."

The patent was filed on Jan. 24, 2022, under Application No. 17/597,783.

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