US Patent Issued to TERUMO on March 24 for "Valve body and medical instrument provided with valve body" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,807, issued on March 24, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).

"Valve body and medical instrument provided with valve body" was invented by Satoshi Wada (Shizuoka, Japan) and Katsuaki Soma (Fujinomiya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve body and a medical instrument provided with the valve body can stably maintain sealing performance for preventing air/blood leakage while maintaining a smooth insertion feeling even when various types of medical devices are repeatedly inserted and removed. The valve body includes a main body portion having oppositely facing first and second surfaces, an outer peripheral surface extending bet...