ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,748, issued on March 11, was assigned to Ovesco Endoscopy AG (Germany).
"Endoscopic capsule system with haptic feedback" was invented by Sebastian Schostek (Tubingen, Germany) and Marc Schurr (Tubingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscopic capsule system comprising: an endoscopic capsule having magnetic characteristics; an extracorporeal guiding and moving apparatus having a moveable multi-hinged cantilever arm which is pivotably mounted at a support stand at one end and at an effector having magnetic characteristics at the other end to move the endoscopic capsule in accordance with movement of the effector; a contro...