US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS on June 30 for "Endoscopic treatment device and endoscopic treatment method" (Japanese, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,414, issued on June 30, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Endoscopic treatment device and endoscopic treatment method" was invented by Nobuko Matsuo (Hachioji, Japan), Keiichi Sato (Hachioji, Japan), Takuya Okumura (Hamburg, Germany) and Yuta Hayashi (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A treatment device and an endoscopic treatment method are disclosed. The treatment device includes a first pipeline that is made of material having electrical insulation, and includes an internal space; an electrode that is energizable with high frequency current; a distal-end tip that is attached to a distal end of the first pipeline...