US Patent Issued to Olympus Medical Systems on July 7 for "Relay adapter and insertion instrument system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,761, issued on July 7, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).

"Relay adapter and insertion instrument system" was invented by Shigetoshi Futami (Hachioji, Japan), Takahiro Tanabe (Tachikawa, Japan), Koji Sakuma (Hino, Japan), Takeshi Iga (Hachioji, Japan), Jun Konishi (Hachioji, Japan) and Yoji Sato (Mitaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A relay adapter includes a first connector configured to connect to a processor supplying a first power. The relay adapter includes a second connector configured to connect to an insertion instrument operable using a second power. The relay adapter includes a power circuit coupl...