US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS on Jan. 13 for "Endoscope, distal end barrel member of endoscope and insertion portion of endoscope" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,002, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Endoscope, distal end barrel member of endoscope and insertion portion of endoscope" was invented by Hiroyuki Motohara (Hachioji, Japan) and Daichi Kodama (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope includes an imager unit loading region provided on a distal end side of a distal end barrel member provided at a distal end portion of an insertion portion and formed of a resin material, a cable connection surface provided on a proximal end side, a wall provided to connect an opening of the imager unit loading region and an opening of the cable connection su...