ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,018, issued on July 1, was assigned to Ovesco Endoscopy AG (Germany).
"Tissue clip application fitting or retrofitting set" was invented by Marcus Braun (Weil im Schonbuch, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tissue clip application fitting or retrofitting set comprising a cap attachment configured to be mounted on the distal end portion of a shaft-type medical endoscope. The cap attachment has a proximal mounting or placement portion and a distal tissue clip holding portion, in the region of which a cavity open at least in the distal direction is formed inside a radially outward-pointing peripheral surface. A tissue clip is supp...