US Patent Issued to TERUMO on Sept. 29 for "Blood vessel visualization apparatus, blood vessel puncture system, and observation window member" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,909, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).

"Blood vessel visualization apparatus, blood vessel puncture system, and observation window member" was invented by Shota Yamamoto (Mitaka, Japan) and Takayuki Yokota (Chuo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood vessel visualization apparatus, a blood vessel puncture system, and an observation window member include: light sources that irradiate with near infrared light a visualization target site; an observation window that contains a wavelength conversion material for converting the near infrared light into visible light; a frame member that holds the observation ...