US Patent Issued to Fujikura on April 22 for "Image fiber, endoscope having image fiber, and endoscope system having endoscope" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,751, issued on April 22, was assigned to Fujikura Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Image fiber, endoscope having image fiber, and endoscope system having endoscope" was invented by Masami Miyachi (Chiba, Japan) and Manabu Kudo (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image fiber includes: a plurality of cores; a cladding that integrally encloses the plurality of cores; a light guide fiber that propagates illumination light; and a light guide layer that covers an entire periphery of an external peripheral surface of the cladding and that is in contact with an external peripheral surface of the light guide fiber. The light guide layer is capable o...