ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,430, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to ASAHI INTECC Co. LTD. (Seto, Japan).
"Rotation transmission structure, catheter, and guide wire" was invented by Ayuko Miyata (Seto, Japan) and Erika Asahata (Seto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotation transmission structure includes a coil body formed by winding wires, and a reinforcing body for connecting adjacent wires of the coil body. When the wires of the coil body are connected to one another by the reinforcing body, the rigidity of a predetermined region of the rotation transmission structure in the longitudinal direction is lower than the rigidity of another region of the ro...