US Patent Issued to ASAHI INTECC on July 14 for "Dilator" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,602, issued on July 14, was assigned to ASAHI INTECC Co. LTD. (Seto, Japan).

"Dilator" was invented by Yukihiro Fuseya (Seto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dilator includes a distal end side coil part, and a proximal end side coil part located at a proximal end side of the distal end side coil part and having a distal end portion connected to a proximal end portion of the distal end side coil part. The distal end side coil part includes a first coil having a wire wound in a first winding direction, and a second coil provided on an outer periphery of the first coil and having a wire wound in a second winding direction that is...