US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS on July 15 for "Ultrasound endoscope and method of manufacturing ultrasound endoscope" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,268, issued on July 15, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Ultrasound endoscope and method of manufacturing ultrasound endoscope" was invented by Hirotoshi Kono (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound endoscope includes an ultrasound transducer unit provided at a distal end of the ultrasound endoscope. The ultrasound transducer unit includes: an ultrasound transducer configured to transmit and receives an ultrasonic wave; and a housing that includes a housing portion to house the ultrasound transducer, the housing portion including a plurality of protrusions configured to position the ultrasound transducer,...