US Patent Issued to TERUMO on Oct. 27 for "Hemostatic device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,219, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).

"Hemostatic device" was invented by Tomoya Kawamura (Odawara, Japan), Tatsuya Ouchi (Fujinomiya, Japan) and Koki Yamashita (Fuji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hemostatic device capable of appropriately aligning an inflatable portion in a deflated state with a puncture site, even in a case where inflating and deflating of the inflatable portion have been repeated, includes a cover member configured to cover a first puncture site, and a pressing member connected to the cover member and configured to compress the first puncture site. The pressing member includes an i...