US Patent Issued to Olympus Medical Systems on Oct. 21 for "Joint ring, manufacturing method of joint ring, and manufacturing method of bending tube for endoscope" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,651, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).

"Joint ring, manufacturing method of joint ring, and manufacturing method of bending tube for endoscope" was invented by Yoshihiro Hirasawa (Hachioji, Japan), Hiroyuki Seki (Hachioji, Japan) and Tomonori Imamura (Hino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joint ring of an endoscope comprises a joint ring body including a joint ring wall having an inner surface, an outer surface, a first end surface, and a second end surface, and a first wire guide attached to the inner surface of the joint ring wall. The first wire guide includes a first wire guide body ...