ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,885, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).
"Endoscope" was invented by Koji Yamaya (Hachioji, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope includes a distal end portion main body arranged at a distal end portion of an insertion portion, the distal end portion main body including a recess, the distal end portion main body including at least one screw hole in at least one of a periphery of the recess or an interior of the recess, a lid configured to cover an opening of the recess, the lid including at least one through-hole at a position corresponding to the screw hole, a resin configured to fill a gap between th...