US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS on Dec. 9 for "Imaging element, endoscope, endoscope system, and testing method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,882, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Imaging element, endoscope, endoscope system, and testing method" was invented by Nana Akahane (Hachioji, Japan), Masashi Saito (Hachioji, Japan) and Takeshi Doh (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging element includes: a pixel board including a light receiver including plural pixels, each pixel being configured to generate an imaging signal; a circuit board including a functional circuit, the pixel board being layered on the circuit board; plural wiring portions configured to electrically connect the pixel board and the circuit board to each other and e...