ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,030, issued on July 1, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).
"Motive-power transmitting mechanism and treatment tool" was invented by Masayuki Kobayashi (Tokyo) and Noriaki Yamanaka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motive-power transmitting mechanism includes: an elongated driving member that passes through a joint portion that can be flexed or bent and connects an end effector and a motive-power generating portion, and that transmits a motive power generated by the motive-power generating portion to the end effector; and a biasing member that expands/contracts between the driving member and a stationary member disposed in an ...