US Patent Issued to Olympus Medical Systems on Oct. 6 for "Fluid feeding and suction apparatus, endoscope system, and method of suction residue by endoscope system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,609, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).

"Fluid feeding and suction apparatus, endoscope system, and method of suction residue by endoscope system" was invented by Seiji Iwasaki (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid feeding and suction apparatus includes a common conduit including an endoscopic connection end and a second end, a fluid feeding conduit in fluid communication with the common conduit via the branching connector, a fluid suction conduit in fluid communication with the common conduit via the branching connector, a fluid feeding container connected to the fluid feeding c...