ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,853, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Ultrasonic endoscope" was invented by Masaya Inoue (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ultrasonic endoscope includes: an elongated insertion part having a longitudinal axis and a distal end hard portion provided on a distal end side; an ultrasonic transducer that is provided in the distal end hard portion, and transmits and receives an ultrasonic wave; and a supply port that is provided in the distal end hard portion and supplies water into a balloon surrounding the ultrasonic transducer, in which an indicator indicating a position of the supply ...