ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,610, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION EHIME UNIVERSITY (Matsuyama, Japan).

"Endoscope cleaning cart" was invented by Yoshio Ikeda (Toon, Japan), Kunihiro Fujimoto (Toon, Japan) and Rumiko Moriwaki (Toon, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a cart that can perform bedside cleaning and carry an endoscope, and carries the endoscope, and carries an endoscope including an insertion unit to be inserted into a body cavity and an operation unit for operating the insertion unit, the cart including: a placement portion on which a storage bag storing a cleaning liquid is placed; an...