US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS on Sept. 29 for "Ultrasound treatment tool" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,029, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (Tokyo).

"Ultrasound treatment tool" was invented by Tsunetaka Akagane (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound treatment tool includes: an ultrasound blade including a treatment portion located at a distal end of the ultrasound blade, a jaw configured to open and close relative to the treatment portion. The jaw includes: a surface, a contact surface facing the ultrasound blade, the contact surface configured to be in contact with the treatment portion when the jaw is closed relative to the treatment portion. The contact surface comprises: a ...