US Patent Issued to Olympus Medical Systems on Feb. 4 for "Clip device for endoscope" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,672, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).

"Clip device for endoscope" was invented by Masaru Yuasa (Hachioji, Japan), Yoshitsugu Uekusa (Hachioji, Japan), Shinya Ansai (Hachioji, Japan), Takushi Haramaki (Hachioji, Japan) and Shogo Shindo (Koganei, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clip device includes a sheath having a lumen with at least one open end and a plurality of clip arms movable between a first configuration in which the plurality of clip arms are opened to receive a target tissue, and a second configuration in which the plurality of clip arms are closed to grip the target tissue. Loc...