US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM on June 17 for "Overtube with tube main body, gripping cylinder having obliquely extended connecting pipes, and balloon" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,356, issued on June 17, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Overtube with tube main body, gripping cylinder having obliquely extended connecting pipes, and balloon" was invented by Nobuharu Takahashi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an overtube that can be easily gripped by the operator. The overtube includes a tube main body, a gripping cylinder connected to the proximal end side of the tube main body, a balloon mounted on an outer peripheral surface on a distal end side of the tube main body, and an air supply pipe line that is arranged to be parallel to an endoscope insertion passage from the tube m...