Endoscope with Raising Base and Biasing Element
Summary
USPTO granted Patent US12599289B2 to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. for an endoscope featuring a raising base at the distal end of an insertion portion, a wire mechanism for raising the base, and a biasing element configured to apply biasing force in the raising direction. The patent includes a switching mechanism with two states controlling the wire movement. The patent contains 19 claims.
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USPTO granted Patent US12599289B2 to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. for an endoscope invention. The patent covers an insertion portion with a raising base, a wire configured to move in a raising direction, a biasing element attached to the wire, and an operation portion with a switching mechanism. The switching mechanism toggles between preventing and allowing the biasing force from moving the wire.
For affected parties in the medical device manufacturing sector, this patent grant establishes intellectual property rights that may restrict competitive development of similar endoscope designs with comparable raising base and wire biasing mechanisms. Companies developing endoscopic devices should review this patent to ensure their products do not infringe the claims.
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Endoscope
Grant US12599289B2 Kind: B2 Apr 14, 2026
Assignee
Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
Inventors
Yosuke Isobe, Takeo Suzuki
Abstract
An endoscope comprising: an insertion portion; a raising base provided at a distal end of the insertion portion; a wire configured to move in a raising direction to raise the raising base; a biasing element attached to the wire and configured to apply to the wire a biasing force in the raising direction; and an operation portion coupled to a proximal end of the insertion portion, the operation portion including a switching mechanism having a first state and a second state. The switching mechanism is configured to switch between the first state and the second state. In the first state, the switching mechanism prevents the biasing force from moving the wire in the raising direction and, in the second state, the switching mechanism allows the biasing force to move the wire in the raising direction.
CPC Classifications
A61B 1/00042 A61B 1/00098 A61B 1/0052 A61B 1/0057
Filing Date
2022-10-24
Application No.
17971749
Claims
19
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