US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS on Nov. 4 for "Medical support system, endoscope system, and medical support method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,282, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (Tokyo).

"Medical support system, endoscope system, and medical support method" was invented by Naoki Fukatsu (Hachioji, Japan) and Hiromasa Fujita (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical support system includes a processor. The processor acquires examination status information about a status of an endoscopy using an endoscope. The processor determines a need for a sedative based on the examination status information."

The patent was filed on Sept. 15, 2023, under Application No. 18/368,665.

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