ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,380, issued on March 24, was assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (Tokyo).
"Endoscope and distal end body" was invented by Takahiro Suwa (Hachioji, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope includes: a distal end body positioned at a distal end of an insertion portion; and a first built-in component and a second built-in component each having a distal end portion housed in the distal end body. The distal end body includes: a first housing portion that extends along a first direction and houses the distal end portion of the first built-in component; a first opening portion communicating with the first housing portion and...