US Patent Issued to Olympus on Nov. 4 for "Treatment tool for endoscope and method for using treatment tool for endoscope" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,215, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Olympus Corp. (Tokyo).

"Treatment tool for endoscope and method for using treatment tool for endoscope" was invented by Yutaka Yanuma (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The treatment tool for an endoscope includes a sheath having a lumen into which a guide wire is insertable, a distal end portion in which a distal end opening communicating with the lumen is formed, a proximal end portion in which a proximal end opening communicating with the lumen is formed, and a sheath slit in which a proximal end communicates with the proximal end opening and which is elongated along a longitudinal axis dir...