US Patent Issued to Olympus Medical Systems on Feb. 10 for "Bending tube of endoscope, endoscope, and manufacturing method for bending tube of endoscope" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,933, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).

"Bending tube of endoscope, endoscope, and manufacturing method for bending tube of endoscope" was invented by Norimitsu Nagayama (Hino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bending tube includes a first tubular member including a first tubular opening and a second tubular member including a second tubular opening. The first tubular member includes a first end portion, a first hole, and a projection on a surface of the first end portion around a periphery of a first end of the first hole. The second tubular member includes a second end portion, a second ...