ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,609, issued on May 13, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).
"Ultrasound treatment tool" was invented by Marina Asahina (Sagamihara, Japan), Tsubasa Niiyama (Hachioji, Japan), Yoshitaka Fujii (Atsugi, Japan) and Motomu Nagata (Chofu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound treatment tool includes a handle 6, a vibration transmitting member 13 that is formed in an elongated shape, the vibration transmitting member being configured to transmit an ultrasound vibration generated by a vibration generation source, a holder 112 configured to hold the vibration transmitting portion 13, and a rotary knob 9 configur...