ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,783, issued on March 11, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).
"Endoscopic treatment tool" was invented by Tsutomu Okada (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an endoscopic treatment tool including: a sheath that has a longitudinal axis; a first operation wire and a second operation wire that are inserted through the sheath so as to be able to be moved forward and backward; a treatment part constituted by a first wire rod and a second wire rod that have lower bending rigidity than bending rigidity of the second operation wire; a first joint part inside which the second wire rod passes and that joins a distal-end section...