US Patent Issued to Olympus Medical Systems on Dec. 23 for "Endoscope, endoscope system, and operation method of endoscope system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,450, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).

"Endoscope, endoscope system, and operation method of endoscope system" was invented by Akira Ozaki (Hachioji, Japan), Takuya Toyooka (Hachioji, Japan) and Keita Ozawa (Hino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope includes an insertion section, a channel, a raising base and a sterilizing device. The insertion section includes a distal end portion, and the distal end portion includes a recess. The channel is disposed in the insertion section, the channel communicating with the recess and the channel configured to receive a treatment instrument. T...