ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,305, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Clamp" was invented by Satoshi Kawaguchi (Shizuoka, Japan) and Masahiro Akiyama (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp includes a fixed portion including an upper portion on which a medical tube is to be placed; a movable portion that faces the fixed portion; a curved portion that connects the fixed portion and the movable portion and is configured to elastically deform; a pressing portion that protrudes from the movable portion toward the fixed portion, and presses and closes the medical tube; a pair of sidewalls that protrude from both side portions of t...