ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,096, issued on July 8, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Ultrasonic endoscope" was invented by Yuto Shimoyama (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic endoscope includes an ultrasound transducer, a distal end body block component in which an observation optical system and an illumination optical system are mounted, a channel block component, and a flexible printed circuit part that is disposed inside the distal end body block component and is connected to the ultrasound transducer, the flexible printed circuit part includes a transducer connection portion, an offset wiring portion that is positioned...