US Patent Issued to Olympus Medical Systems on June 23 for "Endoscope and operation section for endoscope" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,992, issued on June 23, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).

"Endoscope and operation section for endoscope" was invented by Ojiro Kitamura (Hachioji, Japan), Takeo Suzuki (Hachioji, Japan), Hidenosuke Hase (Hachioji, Japan), Hideo Sanai (Hachioji, Japan) and Masahiro Ashizuka (Hino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope includes: an insertion section including a distal end and a proximal end, the insertion section configured for insertion into a subject; an operation section main body connected to the proximal end of the insertion section and, the operation section main body configured to be grasped by ...