US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS on May 26 for "Endoscope clip and operation method for clip arm" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,016, issued on May 26, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Endoscope clip and operation method for clip arm" was invented by Kensuke Uesaka (Hino, Japan), Megumi Minosawa (Hachioji, Japan), Yuya Hidaka (Fuchu, Japan) and Naoki Fujikawa (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope clip can include an arm portion that can move into the following configurations: a closed configuration, a first open configuration in which the pair of arms are separated at a first distance, and a second open configuration in which the pair of arms are separated at a second distance larger than the first distance. The endoscope clip can ...