ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,809, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to T.A.G. Medical Products Corporation Ltd. (Kibbutz Gaaton, Israel).
"Working channel device for an endoscopic tool" was invented by Amir Pansky (Atlit, Israel) and Ben Zion Spector (Tel-Mond, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An articulating working channel system for use with a plurality of flexible tools which are adapted to be interleaved in a single surgical procedure, comprising: a working channel subassembly including a hollow flexible shaft; and a surgical tool subassembly including the flexible tool, wherein the flexible tool includes a flexible tube which is adapted to be inserted i...