ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,385, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ROEN SURGICAL INC. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Endoscope apparatus" was invented by Dong Ho Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), John Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea), Un Je Yang (Daejeon, South Korea), Joon Hwan Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Woo Chul Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea) and Dong Soo Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an endoscope apparatus. The endoscope apparatus of the present invention includes: an endoscope including a flexible insertion section to be inserted into a human body; a flexible channel attached to the insertion section so that a part forms a passage in a...