ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,462, issued on March 24, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).
"Electrode unit and endoscope system" was invented by Soichi Ikuma (Akishima, Japan), Yuji Sakai (Kodaira, Japan), Tsuyoshi Hayashida (Hachioji, Japan), Takayuki Tsukagoshi (Hino, Japan) and Kei Kubo (Hino, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode unit configured to resect or coagulate tissue inside a subject by using a high-frequency current, including: an electrode supporting portion provided with a pair of distal end rigid portions surfaces of which are covered by an electrically insulating material, and an elastic region portion having lower bending rigidit...