ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,167, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).
"Energy treatment tool" was invented by Ojiro Kitamura (Hachioji, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy treatment tool includes: a blade configured to transmit ultrasound vibration, an arm movable relative to the blade between an open position and a closed position, the arm including a surface on a blade-side of the arm, a pad provided on the surface, the pad including a first side and a second side opposite to the first side in a width direction of the arm, a first pin connected to the arm and extending along the width direction, a first electrod...