US Patent Issued to Olympus Medical Systems on Feb. 17 for "Medical solid-matter collection apparatus and medical suction system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,609, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).

"Medical solid-matter collection apparatus and medical suction system" was invented by Naoyuki Fujita (Tachikawa, Japan) and Shoei Tsuruta (Hino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical apparatus includes an inflow tube having a first conduit having a first inner diameter. An outflow tube has a second conduit having a second inner diameter. An intermediate tube has a first end and a second end, the first end connected to the inflow tube and the second end connected to the outflow tube. The intermediate tube has a third inner diameter, the third inne...