US Patent Issued to Olympus Medical Systems on Nov. 18 for "Treatment instrument, treatment system, and control method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,983, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).

"Treatment instrument, treatment system, and control method" was invented by Ojiro Kitamura (Hachioji, Japan) and Tsuyoshi Hayashida (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The procedure instrument includes an end effector for treating biological tissue by grasping biological tissue by opening and closing and imparting treatment energy to biological tissue, a fixed handle grasped by an operator, a movable handle for opening and closing the end effector by moving in a direction close to and away from the fixed handle, respectively, and a first switc...