ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,766, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Treatment tool for endoscope" was invented by Yoshihiro Ueda (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "As a wire moves in a first direction, which is an operating part side, relative to a grip part and a bendable part, the grip part is closed, and the bendable part is bent in a state where the grip part is closed. A coil spring is moved in a second direction, which is a distal end part side, in response to a pushing-in operation with respect to a piston and moves the wire in the first direction relative to the grip part and the bendable part by pushing the grip part...