US Patent Issued to National Cancer Center, OLYMPUS on Sept. 30 for "Medical stapler and suturing method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,878, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to National Cancer Center (Tokyo) and OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Medical stapler and suturing method" was invented by Takashi Nakamura (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 medical stapler includes an attachment-detachment portion that is attachable to and detachable from a distal-end portion of an endoscope; a grasping portion arranged at a distal-end side of the attachment-detachment portion and configured to grasp target tissue and suture the grasped target tissue; and an advancement-retraction mechanism configured ...