ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,130, issued on July 14, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Endoscope balloon, endoscope balloon unit, and endoscope" was invented by Yuto Shimoyama (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an endoscope balloon with improved fixation to a distal end part body of an endoscope insertion part, an endoscope balloon unit, and an endoscope. An endoscope balloon includes a cover body that has a bottomed tubular shape which is closed on a distal end side and is open on a base end side, includes a bulging portion configured to bulge by storing an ultrasonic transmission medium, and is mounted on a distal end part body...