ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,257, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Ultrasonic endoscope" was invented by Noboru Kinomoto (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an ultrasonic endoscope with which it is possible to prevent damage to an imaging element even in a case where voltage from an external power supply is directly applied. A distal end portion main body (43) of an ultrasonic endoscope (10) is formed of a resin material, the distal end portion main body (43) includes an illumination system (53) that includes an illumination metal base (156), a first fixing member (170) that fixes the illumination metal base (15...