ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,201, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).
"Real-time sampling system" was invented by David A. Herrin (Seattle) and Joseph Kennelly Ullman (Woodinville, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for engaging a stylet within a needle. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes a stylet configured to be insertable into a lumen of a needle via a proximal port of secured to a needle actuator secured to the needle; and an end cap fixably coupled to the stylet and configured to cover a proximal end of the needle actuator and to be mova...