ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,792, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).
"Endoscope hood and endoscope system" was invented by Susumu Yamashita (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope hood is attached to an endoscope insertion section including an optical fiber that optically guides therapeutic light with which biological tissue is to be irradiated and outputs the therapeutic light, and including an observation optical system for observing the biological tissue. The hood includes: an attachment section attached to a distal end of the endoscope insertion section; a pressing section including a pressing surface that presses against th...