US Patent Issued to TERUMO on July 28 for "Catheter assembly" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,258, issued on July 28, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).

"Catheter assembly" was invented by Masahiro Ishida (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter assembly includes: an inner and outer needle assembly including: a catheter hub holding the catheter, an inner needle inserted through the catheter and configured to be punctured into a treatment target, an inner needle hub holding the inner needle, and a safety member that is movable together with the catheter hub and configured to advance beyond a needle tip of the inner needle; and a grip that accommodates the inner and outer needle assembly. The grip is configu...