US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS on Aug. 25 for "Optical unit and endoscope" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,292, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (Tokyo).

"Optical unit and endoscope" was invented by Junya Harada (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical unit includes: a fixed portion; a movable portion arranged movably inside the fixed portion; a first slider arranged between the fixed portion and the movable portion, the first slider being configured to slide with a movement of the movable portion; a second slider arranged between the fixed portion and the movable portion, and at a position different from a position of the first slider, the second slider being configured to slide with the ...