ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,757, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (Tokyo).
"Puncture device and endoscopy system" was invented by Yutaka Yanuma (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A puncture device according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a puncture device inserted into an endoscope channel, including: an outer sheath; an inner sheath inserted into the outer sheath; the inner sheath including; a coil sheath; and a needle tube located at a distal end of the coil sheath; a connecting portion connecting the needle tube and the coil sheath; and a cover covering the coil sheath and the connecting portion."
The patent was...