ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,591, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Heating blade unit, treatment tool, and method of manufacturing heating blade unit" was invented by Kazuhiro Tanaka (Hachioji, Japan) and Hiroki Kazuno (Koganei, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating blade unit, a treatment tool, and a method of manufacturing a heating blade unit are disclosed. The heating blade unit includes: an electric heater, a blade, and a cover made of a thermosetting resin. The blade includes a treatment surface, an installation surface that is provided on a side opposite to the treatment surface and on which the electric heater is instal...