US Patent Issued to Olympus Medical Systems on April 21 for "Sterilized medical device with tearable cover" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,048, issued on April 21, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).

"Sterilized medical device with tearable cover" was invented by Nobuyuki Nakanishi (Hino, Japan), Keita Ozawa (Hino, Japan), Hiroaki Osawa (Saitama, Japan) and Masahiro Ashizuka (Hino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device includes: a first sterilized insertion device including an insertion portion configured to be inserted into a subject, and a cover surrounding a distal end portion of the insertion portion. The cover is configured to be teared by receiving external force so as to make an opening in the cover for exposing the distal end ...