ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,220, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).
"Applicator and ligation device" was invented by Toshihiro Yoshii (Hachioji, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ligation device that includes a clip device including an openable arm, a connector connected to the clip device and is able to be released from the connector, a wire connected to the connector and configured to operate the clip device, and a pipe including an opening into which the wire is inserted. An inner diameter of the opening is smaller than a dimension in a diameter direction of the connector in a first state in which the connector and the clip device...