US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM on March 17 for "Endoscope treatment tool, endoscope device, and treatment method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,847, issued on March 17, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Endoscope treatment tool, endoscope device, and treatment method" was invented by Yoshihiro Ueda (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope treatment tool includes: a distal end part; an operating part into which an operation to the distal end part is input; and a soft portion that connects the distal end part and the operating part, and the operating part includes a fixing unit that attaches the operating part to an endoscope, and an operating part body that is capable of moving forward and backward with respect to the fixing unit and that is rotata...