US Patent Issued to Olympus Medical Systems on Aug. 25 for "Channel replacement method, endoscope, and plug" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,291, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).

"Channel replacement method, endoscope, and plug" was invented by Seiji Iwasaki (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A channel replacement method to replace a first channel of an endoscope, the first channel including a first distal end and a first rear end, the channel replacement method including: sealing a flow path of the first channel by arranging a first plug at the first distal end and arranging a second plug at the first rear end, and withdrawing the first channel from inside the endoscope."

The patent was filed on Aug. 7, 2023, under A...