US Patent Issued to TERUMO on March 31 for "Method for predicting formation of thrombus or risk of thrombus formation in medical device performing blood circulation by pump" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,962, issued on March 31, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Shibuya-ku, Japan).

"Method for predicting formation of thrombus or risk of thrombus formation in medical device performing blood circulation by pump" was invented by Ichiro Hirahara (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan), Shinpei Furukawa (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan), Koko Kumano (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan) and Hideki Sato (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a means capable of predicting a formation of thrombus or a risk thereof in a medical device performing blood circulation by a pump, by a simple and minimally invasive method. A method for predicting a formation...