US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM on Sept. 1 for "Bendable part of endoscope, endoscope, and movable member" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,505, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Bendable part of endoscope, endoscope, and movable member" was invented by Yoshiyuki Kunuki (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan) and Kimitake Fukushima (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bendable part of an endoscope that is provided in an insertion part of the endoscope, includes: a plurality of movable members that are arranged in an axial direction of the insertion part, each of the movable members includes a body part having a tubular shape, a pair of first protruding portions, and a pair of second protruding portions as defined herein, one of the pair o...