ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,405, issued on March 24, was assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (Tokyo).
"Cartridge and cartridge system" was invented by Tsutomu Okada (Tachikawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge configured to store a clip unit is described herein. The cartridge body having a storage area configured to store at least a part of the clip unit. The sheath connection portion is configured to receive a sheath of an applicator. The storage area includes a first area and a second area. The first area is configured to retract wings of the clip unit and configured to prevent a connection arm from connecting to the applicator. The sec...