ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,787, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).
"Energy treatment tool" was invented by Hiroshi Wakai (Tokyo) and Keisuke Tsurimoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy treatment tool includes: a first gripping piece and second gripping piece that are coupled so as to be relatively opened and closed, the first and second gripping pieces respectively having a first gripping surface and a second gripping surface that are opposed to each other in a closed state and treating, by energy, living tissue gripped between the first and second gripping surfaces; and an alignment part that is provided on the first and...