Patents by Inventor Ryu KUBO

Ryu KUBO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240016372
    Abstract: An overtube for an endoscope includes: a tube body having a main lumen through which the endoscope is inserted and an air-supply lumen through which gas flows; a fixing balloon provided on an outer peripheral surface of a distal end of the tube body, expandable outward from the outer peripheral surface and contractible toward the outer peripheral surface; an air supply device configured to send the gas to the air-supply lumen; and an airtight valve unit having a tubular portion communicating with the main lumen at a rear end of the tube body, the airtight valve unit closing the gap between the endoscope inserted through the tubular portion into the main lumen and an inner peripheral surface of the tubular portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki SATO, Arimasa SUGIMOTO, Jun WAKASONE, Ryu KUBO, Tatsuya HIGUCHI