US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS on July 14 for "Puncture device, puncture system, operation method of puncture device, and usage method of guidewire" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,194, issued on July 14, was assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (Tokyo).

"Puncture device, puncture system, operation method of puncture device, and usage method of guidewire" was invented by Tomofumi Katayama (Kunitachi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A puncture device comprises an elongate sheath, defining a longitudinal axis direction; a needle tube, carried in the sheath, the needle tube configured to be movable in the longitudinal axis direction; a needle slider, connected to the needle tube; an inner tube, carried in the needle tube, the inner tube defining a lumen configured to receive a guide wire; a tube slider, ...