ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,622, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (Tokyo).
"Forceps and tissue collection method" was invented by Ryosuke Ito (Tokyo) and Koichiro Ito (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a forceps including: a shaft; a wire that is movable in a longitudinal direction inside the shaft; and a first arm and a second arm, each of which has a first jaw or a second jaw, that are connected to each other in a pivotable manner by means of a third joint. The first arm is connected to a distal end of the shaft in a pivotable manner by means of a first joint, and the second arm is connected to a distal end of the...