US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS on March 31 for "Stent delivery system, endoscope system, and stent indwelling method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,015, issued on March 31, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Stent delivery system, endoscope system, and stent indwelling method" was invented by Mitsuru Kasama (Sagamihara, Japan) and Yoichi Sakurada (Higashimurayama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The stent delivery system includes: an outer tube in which a first opening is formed in a distal end and a second opening is formed between the distal end and a proximal end; an inner tube inserted into the outer tube from the first opening to the second opening, and disposed outside of the outer tube from the second opening to the proximal end of the outer tube; and a stent s...