US Patent Issued to TERUMO on Sept. 29 for "Medical device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,057, issued on Sept. 29, 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 includes an elongate shaft and an expansion body at a distal portion of the shaft portion. The shaft includes an outer tube, and an inner tube that is slidable inside the outer tube. The expansion body includes a first connecting portion connected to the outer tube, and a second connecting portion connected to the inner tube. The outer tube includes an open end where an opening portion is formed, and the inner tube enters/exits from the opening portion. The exp...