ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,039, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Ultrasonic endoscope" was invented by Yasuhiko Morimoto (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan), Toshizumi Tanaka (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan) and Shozo Iyama (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic endoscope includes: an ultrasonic transducer having an ultrasonic vibrator; a distal end portion body disposed continuously with a proximal end side of the ultrasonic transducer; an erecting base housing portion that is disposed in the distal end portion body and has an opening which opens toward one side in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of th...