ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,006, issued on May 12, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Medical instrument" was invented by Takashi Okuhara (Fujinomiya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure can improve durability (particularly, sliding durability) of a surface lubricating layer while maintaining flexibility of a medical instrument. The medical instrument can include: a base whose surface is partially made of a polyester resin; an intermediate layer formed on at least a part of the surface of the base and containing a (meth)acrylic-modified polyester resin and a polyurethane resin; and a surface lubricating layer formed on an upper part of...