ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,369, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).
"Ligation device and engagement method" was invented by Tomohiro Tsuji (Tokyo), Kensuke Uesaka (Tokyo) and Shinya Ansai (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ligation device includes a first arm, a second arm, a holding tube, an operation wire, a sheath, and a link mechanism having a first link and a second link which are connected to each other and engage the holding tube with the sheath, wherein the link mechanism is configured to be switch between a disengaged configuration in which engagement between the holding tube and the sheath is released and an engaged configu...