US Patent Issued to Olympus Medical Systems on Sept. 16 for "Clip delivery device, and releasing method of clip unit" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,776, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).

"Clip delivery device, and releasing method of clip unit" was invented by Ranwen Lu (Hino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Clip delivery device has a sheath, a wire inserted into the sheath, and a clip detachably connected to the wire and having arms movable between an open position and a closed position. A tube is adjacent the sheath along a longitudinal axis and contains at least part of the clip and has a convex portion on an inner surface. A connector provided in the sheath has a hook detachably connected with the convex portion. The hook is mov...