ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,102, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).
"Treatment device" was invented by Toshinori Tamura (Hachioji, Japan), Toshihiro Yoshii (Hachioji, Japan) and Motoi Satake (Kokubunji, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A treatment device includes an indwelling device including a treatment portion, and a tubular member including a proximal-end opening and in which a proximal-end portion of the treatment portion is disposed. The treatment device further includes an actuator including a connector releasably connected to a proximal-end portion of the treatment portion, and a power transmission member connected to the conn...