US Patent Issued to Olympus on Sept. 8 for "Insertion apparatus and endoscope" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,752, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Olympus Corp. (Tokyo).

"Insertion apparatus and endoscope" was invented by Eijiro Sato (Hachioji, Japan) and Kento Iguchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope includes: an insertion portion formed along a longitudinal axis extending from a proximal end to a distal end; a light guide having an optical characteristic that enables transmitting lithotriptic light and illuminating light having respective wavelength bands that are different from each other, from the proximal end toward the distal end of the insertion portion; and a treatment instrument insertion channel provided in the ...