ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,937, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).
"Endoscope" was invented by Satoshi Horie (Kokubunji, Japan) and Eijiro Sato (Hachioji, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope comprises: an insertion portion comprising a distal end portion, the distal end portion including a distal end surface; a flow passage formed in the insertion portion, the flow passage including a fluid ejection port formed in the distal end surface and the flow passage configured to supply a fluid via the fluid ejection port to an environment outside of the insertion portion; and a suction passage formed in the insertio...