ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,800, issued on March 31, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).
"Endoscope treatment tool" was invented by Yuya Matsuoka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an endoscope treatment tool including: a tubular distal-end member that is attached to the distal end of an endoscope; an outer sheath having a channel extending in a direction along a longitudinal axis of the endoscope; a treatment-tool body; a linear connector that connects the distal-end member and the treatment-tool body. The treatment-tool body includes a bendable long insertion portion that is inserted through the channel, a treatment portion with which treat...