US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM on March 18 for "Endoscopic coating composition, endoscopic lubricating member, method for producing endoscopic lubricating member, endoscopic flexible tube, and endoscope" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,631, issued on March 18, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Endoscopic coating composition, endoscopic lubricating member, method for producing endoscopic lubricating member, endoscopic flexible tube, and endoscope" was invented by Kazuhiro Hamada (Kanagawa, Japan), Yoshihiro Nakai (Kanagawa, Japan) and Masatoshi Oku (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscopic coating composition including a solid lubricant, a fluorine-containing surfactant, a thermosetting resin, and a solvent, a lubricating member provided by a coating treatment using the coating composition and being suitable as an endoscopic member, a met...