US Patent Issued to Olympus Medical Systems on Sept. 16 for "Endoscope and suction-target-object suction method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,680, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).

"Endoscope and suction-target-object suction method" was invented by Masahiro Ashizuka (Hino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insertion device includes an insertion portion having an outer peripheral surface and configured to be inserted into a subject, and a suction pipeline provided on the outer peripheral surface of the insertion portion. The suction pipeline is switchable from a first state to a second state and the suction pipeline is configured to maintain the second state. In the first state, a distal end of the suction pipeline is folded,...