US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS on Oct. 21 for "Endoscope system, control device, information processing method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,762, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Endoscope system, control device, information processing method" was invented by Katsuhiko Yoshimura (Hachioji, Japan), Takahiro Komuro (Hachioji, Japan) and Kosuke Kishi (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope system includes: an endoscope comprising a first tube being inserted into a body, a second tube being arranged at a proximal end of the first tube, and a connecting portion connecting the first tube and the second tube so that the first tube can rotate relative to the second tube about a longitudinal axis; and a control device comprising at le...