US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS on Oct. 27 for "Clip device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,210, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (Tokyo).

"Clip device" was invented by Shoichiro Kawayoke (Hino, Japan), Masaru Yuasa (Hachioji, Japan), Jun Yako (Hino, Japan), Shinichi Jida (Hachioji, Japan) and Shotaro Yoshinaga (Machida, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clip device includes: a clip which has an arm configured to be openable and closable in an opening and closing direction; and a holder which supports the clip and extends in a first longitudinal direction along a first longitudinal axis, wherein the arm is configured to pivot about a proximal end portion of the arm relative to the holder...