US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS on Oct. 14 for "Applicator, clip system, and related method of operation" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,221, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (Tokyo).

"Applicator, clip system, and related method of operation" was invented by Kensuke Uesaka (Hino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, comprises a sheath, an operation body attached to the sheath, the operation body including a first wall, a clip configured to be inserted in and protruded from the sheath, the clip including a pair of arms, a wire inserted in the sheath, the wire including a first end and a second end, the first end attached to the clip, a handle attached to the second end and configured to move the wire against the operation body,...