US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS on May 13 for "Treatment system, control device, and control method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,201, issued on May 13, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Treatment system, control device, and control method" was invented by Kizuku Inaba (Hirosaki, Japan), Ryu Onuma (Tama, Japan) and Satoshi Honda (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A treatment system can include a treatment tool including an ultrasound transducer and an end effector. The system can also include an ultrasound power source configured to output a drive signal to the ultrasound transducer, and a processor configured to detect an abnormality in the end effector, and whether end effector is immersed in a liquid. The system can continue an output of t...