US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM on Sept. 15 for "Endoscope" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,799, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Endoscope" was invented by Masaya Inoue (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope includes an insertion part to be inserted into a body, and first and second angle knobs that change a direction of a distal end of the insertion part. An angle knob attaching shaft is inserted into the first and second angle knobs. An angle knob locking member is engaged with a distal end of the angle knob attaching shaft via a pressing member. When the angle knob locking member is engaged with the angle knob attaching shaft, movement of the first and second angle knob...