ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,817, issued on July 21, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Liquid feeding pump, adapter, and liquid feeding set" was invented by Masaru Nakanishi (Shizuoka, Japan) and Hitoshi Kuboki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid feeding pump for feeding liquid in a liquid feeding tube, the liquid feeding pump including: a mounting portion to which a first clip member mounted to the liquid feeding tube is mountable; an adapter detachably attachable to the mounting portion; and a detection unit configured to detect mounting of the first clip member to the mounting portion, wherein: the adapter has a shape that disables detection by...