US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS on Oct. 7 for "Endoscope having fastener for bundling wire sheaths in flexible portion and endoscope system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,476, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Endoscope having fastener for bundling wire sheaths in flexible portion and endoscope system" was invented by Shun Inoue (Hachioji, Japan) and Kosuke Kishi (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope includes: an insertion portion having a joint; a first wire and a second wire fixed on both sides of a central axis in a longitudinal direction of the joint at a distal end of the joint; a first wire sheath which is inserted through an internal path of the insertion portion and through which the first wire is inserted; and a second wire sheath which is inserte...