ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,622, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Endoscope" was invented by Takashi Harada (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an endoscope capable of improving operability of the endoscope. An endoscope (10) includes: an observation optical system (76) that is disposed on a wall portion (68) of a distal end portion main body (32) adjacent to an elevator housing portion (66) and that observes a visual field region in a first direction in which the elevator housing portion (66) is open; an outflow port (45) that is provided in the distal end portion main body (32) and through which liquid flows ...