US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS on Aug. 11 for "Endoscopic treatment tool" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,393, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (Tokyo).

"Endoscopic treatment tool" was invented by Yusuke Shiota (Machida, Japan), Chika Miyajima (Hachioji, Japan), Junichi Kogiso (Hachioji, Japan), Yuya Hidaka (Hino, Japan) and Naoki Takizawa (Musashino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscopic treatment may include a sheath extending in a longitudinal direction, a distal end member having insulation and the distal end member provided at a distal end of the sheath and having a through-hole penetrating in the longitudinal direction. The treatment tool may further include an electrode having a first c...