US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS on Sept. 15 for "Endoscope system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,793, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Endoscope system" was invented by Tadashi Watanabe (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope system includes: an endoscope including an insertion portion configured to be inserted into a subject; a distance measurement unit configured to measure a distance between the insertion portion and an object by transmitting and receiving millimeter waves or submillimeter waves; and a flexible waveguide that has one end that is connected to the distance measurement unit and another end that is exposed to outside from a distal end of the insertion portion, the ...