ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,050, issued on April 21, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).
"Endoscope and method for locking knob" was invented by Seiji Iwasaki (Hachioji, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope comprises an insertion portion, an operation portion body provided at a proximal end side of the insertion portion, a knob provided in the operation portion body, the knob configured to rotate around a rotation shaft, and a turn locking mechanism provided in the knob. The turn locking mechanism includes a lock button reversibly translatable from a first position to a second position, a lock bar connected to the lock button, t...