ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,801, issued on March 24, was assigned to TOGO MEDIKIT Co. LTD. (Bunkyo-ku, Japan).
"Medical device" was invented by Hirokazu Ando (Tokyo) and Takahiro Shibata (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device that can prevent the rotating operation part from rotating more than the operator's intention and improve the operability to control the direction of the head of the tubular member is provided. The medical device includes a flexible tubular member and a rotating operation part that deflects the head of the tubular member in a first direction when rotating in positive rotation direction and deflects the head of the tubular ...