ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,086, issued on June 23, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Probe cable hook and cable holding structure" was invented by Masato Eda (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a cable hook capable of more appropriately holding a probe cable. A probe cable hook includes: an attachment portion; a hook portion consisting of a flexible material; and a connecting portion that connects the attachment portion and the hook portion, in which the hook portion has a wrapping portion capable of forming a loop for holding a probe cable, the wrapping portion being formed with an engagement hole, and a head portion that is provid...