ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,504, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to RESNENT LLC (Bloomington, Ill.).
"Modular endoscope assembly" was invented by Willard S. Noyes (Bloomington, Ill.) and Benjamin Joseph Gray (Portland, Maine).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology described herein is directed toward a detachable, powered, modular endoscope system with interconnected components and coupling mechanisms that enable power or data signal connectivity between many different detachable instruments, devices, and endoscope shaft variations. In some implementations, an endoscope assembly includes: an endoscope housing comprising first circuitry configured to receiv...