ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,623, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Evident Corp. (Nagano, Japan).
"Treatment instrument and endoscope apparatus" was invented by Yasuo Hirata (Hachioji, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A treatment instrument used together with an endoscope includes a distal end grasping portion. The distal end grasping portion includes a distal end movable member capable of moving forward and backward along a longitudinal axis of the distal end grasping portion, and a distal end fixation member including a bending portion provided on a distal end side along the longitudinal axis with respect to a tilt portion of the distal end movable member....