US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS on May 12 for "Electrode with conduit and treatment tool" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,739, issued on May 12, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electrode with conduit and treatment tool" was invented by Tsubasa Kadowaki (Hachioji, Japan), Ryu Yorita (Hachioji, Japan), Ojiro Kitamura (Hachioji, Japan), Yohei Motoki (Fuchu, Japan), Sho Ogawa (Hachioji, Japan), Tadashi Kitayama (Sagamihara, Japan) and Naoki Otaka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode with a conduit includes: a tubular portion internally provided with a first conduit; a distal end portion provided at the distal end of the tubular portion; a second conduit that is provided inside the distal end portion, the second conduit being configured ...