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US 1,124,338 · App. 29/876,323 · Granted Apr 28, 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 1,124,338
App. No.
29/876,323
Granted
Apr 28, 2026
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

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

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2023
From: TAMURA, RYOMA; HATTORI, SHUNTARO
To: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
Reel/Frame 063703/0594 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2022-025154 D · Nov 21, 2022 · national
JP 2022-025160 D · Nov 21, 2022 · national
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