US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS on June 3 for "Insertion apparatus and endoscope" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,069, issued on June 3, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Insertion apparatus and endoscope" was invented by Keita Mitsuhashi (Hachioji, Japan), Tsukasa Ota (Hachioji, Japan), Takuto Yoshinaga (Hino, Japan), Wataru Matsuura (Fuchu, Japan) and Motohiko Suzuki (Sagamihara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insertion apparatus in the invention includes: a multi-lumen tube provided in an insertion portion and formed in a bendable manner, the insertion portion being inserted into a subject; a distal end member arranged so as to cover a distal end of the multi-lumen tube; a braided tube into which the multi-lumen tube is inserted...