US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS on March 31 for "Connection joint, endoscope, and method of connecting tube and connection joint" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,802, issued on March 31, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Connection joint, endoscope, and method of connecting tube and connection joint" was invented by Kazuki Ono (Kokubunji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection joint includes: a first sleeve that is formed such that an end portion of a first tube arranged in an endoscope is externally fitted to the first sleeve; a first pusher configured to apply bias to the first sleeve from an outer peripheral side of the first sleeve; and a first bias releasing portion configured to press the first pusher in an outer peripheral direction of the first sleeve to release the ...