ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,154, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (Tokyo).
"Image pickup unit and endoscope" was invented by Shuichi Takie (Chofu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image pickup unit for use with an endoscope comprises: a first wiring board in which a first surface, a plurality of first pads are disposed on the first surface, and a plurality of second pads are disposed on the first surface; and a second wiring board in which a second surface comprises a first region and a second region spaced apart from the first region, a plurality of first lands are disposed on the first region, the plurality of first land...