US Patent Issued to Olympus Medical Systems on Aug. 11 for "Medical insertion equipment system, capsule, and medical insertion equipment disinfection method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,283, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).

"Medical insertion equipment system, capsule, and medical insertion equipment disinfection method" was invented by Takeo Suzuki (Hachioji, Japan) and Keita Ozawa (Hino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical insertion equipment system comprises a capsule including an outer shell and an interior space, a disinfectant that is located in the interior space of the capsule, and a medical insertion instrument that includes an operation section, an insertion section configured for insertion into a subject, an insertion conduit located in the insertion sec...