ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,121, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Distal-end-cap detachment jig" was invented by Takashi Harada (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a distal-end-cap detachment jig capable of safely detaching a distal end cap from a distal-end-portion body.A distal-end-cap detachment jig that is used to detach a distal end cap mounted on a distal end of a side-viewing scope and having an inner space which communicates with a cap opening allowing a passage of a treatment tool, includes at least a body portion that has an inclined surface, in which the inclined surface is tapered in a direc...