ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,532, issued on April 21, was assigned to JMS Co. Ltd. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Medical connector" was invented by Maho Ito (Hiroshima, Japan), Takaya Fujii (Hiroshima, Japan), Hitoshi Tachizaki (Hiroshima, Japan) and Masahiko Takeuchi (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector (1) is constituted by a first member (10) and a second member (40). The first member (10) has a male connecting portion (11) at a first end and a screwing structure (26) at a second end. The male connecting portion (11) is inserted into a female connecting portion (41) of the second member (40). A first engagement structure (15) is provided on th...