US Patent Issued to Olympus on Sept. 22 for "Treatment tool" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,783, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Olympus Corp. (Tokyo).

"Treatment tool" was invented by Hidenosuke Hase (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A treatment tool can include an end effector comprising an ultrasonic blade, a tubular portion coupled to the end effector, and a driver coupled to a proximal end of the tubular portion. The driver can be configured to actuate the end effector via the tubular portion. The treatment tool can further include a pusher configured to support a coupling between the tubular portion and the driver in order to prevent a movement of the tubular portion in a longitudinal direction ther...