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US 1,121,148 · App. 29/876,327 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Endoscopic puncture needle

Inventors: Ryoma Tamura (Tokyo, JP); Shuntaro Hattori (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
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Patent No.
US 1,121,148
App. No.
29/876,327
Granted
Mar 31, 2026
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for an endoscopic puncture needle as shown and described.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2022-025155 D · Nov 21, 2022 · national
JP 2022-025161 D · Nov 21, 2022 · national
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