US Patent Issued to Olympus Medical Systems on Dec. 2 for "Insertion device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,768, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).

"Insertion device" was invented by Seiji Iwasaki (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insertion device comprises an insertion section, the insertion section including a distal portion, an operation section located on a proximal end side of the insertion section, a channel located in the insertion section and communicating with the distal portion, the channel including a transformable member on a distal end side of the channel, and a transformation unit, wherein a shape of the transformable member is changeable by operation of the operation sect...