US Patent Issued to Olympus Medical Systems on Sept. 8 for "Endoscopic surgical tool" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,906, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).

"Endoscopic surgical tool" was invented by Hiromasa Kato (Tokyo) and Yusuke Shiota (Machida, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscopic surgical tool including a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, the housing having a central axis and a first aperture forming an opening disposed at the distal end, an insulator disposed within the housing and having a central bore and a second aperture, the insulator configured to extend distally from the first aperture along the central axis, and a knife disposed within the first aperture and including...