Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Kianoosh Ghazi

Bryan Allen Clark

Gregory Scott Fischer

Megan Chrobak

Elizabeth M Albrecht

Christopher J Nycz

An endoscopic system may include an endoscope including a handle and an elongate shaft extending distally therefrom. The handle may include a non-motorized and non-ratcheting actuation mechanism configured to articulate a distal tip portion of the elongate shaft. The distal tip portion may be articulatable in response to a manually applied force exerted upon the actuation mechanism. Removal of the manually applied force may lock the distal tip portion in its then-current configuration. The non-motorized and non-ratcheting actuation mechanism may include a clutch mechanism actuatable in response to an electrical signal generated in response to sensing a user-applied force to the actuating mechanism by a strain gauge.

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WORCESTER, MA, United States of America

Kianoosh Ghazi