US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS on April 21 for "Push switch device of endoscope and endoscope" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,043, issued on April 21, was assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (Tokyo).

"Push switch device of endoscope and endoscope" was invented by Hidenosuke Hase (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A push switch device of an endoscope includes an electric operation switch and a switch button that pushes the operation switch. The switch button includes: a shaft inserted through a hole of a case body of an operation portion; a button top arranged outside the case body and configured to receive an operational force orthogonal to the shaft; a spherical-shaped pusher configured to push in the operation switch by receiving the o...