ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,180, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Medical device" was invented by Yusuke Takahashi (Hadano, Japan), Yukitoshi Kato (Hadano, Japan) and Tomoaki Takemura (Kawasaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device is disclosed which can suppress torsion of a wire in a circumferential direction in an expansion body formed using the wire. A medical device is disclosed, which enlarges a biological tissue. The medical device includes an elongated shaft portion and an expansion body disposed in a distal portion of the shaft portion. The expansion body has a wire portion configured to expand contract in a rad...