US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS on June 24 for "Distal end portion of endoscope, distal end frame, endoscope, and electric conduction confirmation method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,691, issued on June 24, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Distal end portion of endoscope, distal end frame, endoscope, and electric conduction confirmation method" was invented by Toru Wakabayashi (Hachioji, Japan) and Junya Yamada (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distal end portion includes: an imager that is held by a metal lens frame; a distal end frame that is made of an electric insulating material and includes a through hole; an electrically conductive exterior portion; a first electrical conductor pattern that has a first end and a second end, the first end being in contact with the lens frame, the seco...