ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,714, issued on May 27.
"Catheter, guide wire, opening position identification device, opening position identification method, internal object presence determination assistance device, diagnostic assistance device, and treatment assistance device" was invented by Takashi Matou (Tokyo) and Shinzo Tamada (Kumagaya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter, a guide wire, an opening position identification device, an opening position identification method, an internal object presence determination assistance device, a diagnostic assistance device, and a treatment assistance device that can easily identify the position of an opening...