ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,347, issued on June 30, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).
"Medical stapler and medical system" was invented by Takashi Nakamura (Hachioji, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical stapler includes a grasping portion connected to an endoscope and having a first jaw and a second jaw connected by a rotation shaft; an operation portion configured to receive an external force for operating the grasping portion to open and close; a first wire configured to transmit the external force that is received by the operation portion to the grasping portion; and a movable pin attached to a distal end of the first wire, wherein the graspi...