US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS on Aug. 11 for "Endoluminal device system, control method of controlling endoluminal device, and storage medium storing program for controlling endoluminal device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,281, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (Tokyo).

"Endoluminal device system, control method of controlling endoluminal device, and storage medium storing program for controlling endoluminal device" was invented by Ryota Yanagawa (Hachioji, Japan) and Kosuke Kishi (Mitaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manipulation detection portion detects a first manipulation on the basis of a motion of an object in contact with a contact detection device. A drive control portion performs a shape control process of changing a shape of at least a part of an endoluminal device on the basis of the first manipulati...