US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS on July 7 for "Endoscope system, processor, and method for estimating temperature of endoscope" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,764, issued on July 7, was assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (Tokyo).

"Endoscope system, processor, and method for estimating temperature of endoscope" was invented by Sayuri Yamamoto (Hino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope system includes: an endoscope equipped with an insertion portion inserted into a subject; a heating element provided in the insertion portion and configured to generate heat; a temperature sensor configured to acquire heating element temperature data on temperature of the heating element; and a processor. The processor outputs initial surface temperature, which is data on insertion portion ...