US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS on July 29 for "Endoscope optical connector and endoscope" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,729, issued on July 29, was assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (Tokyo).

"Endoscope optical connector and endoscope" was invented by Kaito Nakahara (Hachioji, Japan), Takuya Takechi (Aizuwakamatsu, Japan), Tsutomu Urakawa (Hachioji, Japan), Hiroki Takagi (Shiki, Japan) and Koichi Akahori (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope optical connector includes: a sleeve which houses an end portion of an optical fiber inside the sleeve; an inward flange provided on an inner circumference of the sleeve; a glass member arranged inside the sleeve so as to face an end surface of the optical fiber; a cap member which is...