US Patent Issued to National Cancer Center, OLYMPUS on Nov. 11 for "Fastening device, endoscope system, and suturing method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,341, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to National Cancer Center (Tokyo) and OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Fastening device, endoscope system, and suturing method" was invented by Takashi Nakamura (Hachioji, Japan), Shotaro Takemoto (Hachioji, Japan), Satoru Nonaka (Tokyo), Ichiro Oda (Tokyo) and Seiichiro Abe (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastening device includes a shaft having a longitudinal axis, a fixing member configured to fix the shaft to an endoscope by being attached to the endoscope, a staple unit attached to a distal end of the shaft and rotatable around the longitudinal axis, an operation unit provided at a proximal-en...