US Patent Issued to Olympus on July 15 for "Ultrasonic treatment tool and method of manufacturing ultrasonic treatment tool" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,338, issued on July 15, was assigned to Olympus Corp. (Tokyo).

"Ultrasonic treatment tool and method of manufacturing ultrasonic treatment tool" was invented by Seigo Kase (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic treatment includes: a vibration transmission portion configured to vibrate by receiving ultrasonic waves, and transmit vibration to a treatment target; a sheath that includes a first through hole in which the vibration transmission portion is inserted while a distal end of the vibration transmission portion is exposed, and a second through hole that has a hole shape penetrating in a different direction from a pene...