ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,889, issued on March 31, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Ultrasonic endoscope" was invented by Masaya Inoue (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressing portion is disposed on an inner peripheral surface of a base member, and has a pressing surface against which a pressed portion of a light guide fiber is pressed, and the pressing portion is configured in such a manner that a body portion of the light guide fiber is disposed at a position away from a cable support portion in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis direction by pressing the pressed portion against the pressing surface."
The patent was...