US Patent Issued to TERUMO on Nov. 3 for "Medical device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,671, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).

"Medical device" was invented by Yusuke Takahashi (Hadano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device is disposed that is able to prevent short-circuit of a contact portion between an electrode portion and a conductive wire with another contact portion that is electrically independent. A medical device includes an expansion body that is configured to expand contract in a radial direction, an elongated shaft portion including a proximal end fixing portion to which a proximal end of the expansion body is fixed, a plurality of electrode assemblies including a pluralit...