US Patent Issued to TERUMO on June 23 for "Hemostatic device" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,126, issued on June 23, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).

"Hemostatic device" was invented by Tomoya Kawamura (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Tatsuya Ouchi (Fujinomiya, Japan), Koki Yamashita (Fuji, Japan) and Yuna Hidaka (Moriya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hemostatic device that includes: a pressing member configured to compress the puncture site; and a first band, a second band, and a third band configured to be connected to the pressing member. The pressing member includes a pressing portion configured to compress the puncture site and a support member configured to fix the pressing portion. The support member has a first re...