ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,281, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to JMS Co. LTD. (Hiroshima, Japan).

"Puncture port, liquid storage container, production method for said puncture port, and production method for said liquid storage container" was invented by Hiroto Sakane (Hiroshima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides: a puncture port which is capable of ensuring sealability when a puncture is formed, regardless of the size of an insertion part of a puncture instrument; and a liquid storage container equipped with such a puncture port. A puncture port 40 is provided to a liquid storage container for storing a liquid, is to be punct...