US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS on July 21 for "Cannulation method, information processing system and medical system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,562, issued on July 21, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Cannulation method, information processing system and medical system" was invented by Kazuhiro Gono (Sagamihara, Japan) and Hiromi Sanuki (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cannulation method includes inserting an endoscope into a duodenum, bringing a distal end section of the endoscope to a position where a duodenal papilla is within a field of view of the endoscope, promoting secretion of pancreatic juice or bile by administering a drainage stimulant, determining an amount of relaxation of the duodenal papilla, and performing cannulation into a biliary d...