ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,307, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ASAHI INTECC Co. LTD. (Seto, Japan).
"Catheters and methods for producing catheters" was invented by Yusuke Hoshino (Seto, Japan) and Takayuki Yagi (Seto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This catheter includes an outer layer formed of a resin, and an inner member covered with the outer layer. The distal end of the inner member is located proximally of the distal end of the outer layer. The outer layer has a first region extending from the distal end of the outer layer to the distal end of the inner member, and a second region which is positioned proximally of the first region and covers th...