US Patent Issued to SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS on April 14 for "Optical connector and medical device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,290, issued on April 14, was assigned to SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Optical connector and medical device" was invented by Koji Aiba (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical connector includes an outer frame, having a cylindrical shape, into which a part of an optical transmission line for transmitting an optical signal is inserted, the outer frame covering an emission end for an optical signal of the optical transmission line; a collimator lens provided in the outer frame and facing the emission end; and a support mechanism that is disposed in the outer frame and that maintains a posture of the collimator ...