US Patent Issued to Canon Medical Systems on Jan. 28 for "Wrap replacing apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,935, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Canon Medical Systems Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"Wrap replacing apparatus" was invented by Yoshimasa Kobayashi (Nasushiobara, Japan), Yasuhiro Sugawara (Nasushiobara, Japan), Seiichi Nishizuka (Nasushiobara, Japan), Takehiro Fukuzaki (Utsunomiya, Japan), Daisuke Sato (Utsunomiya, Japan), Tatsuaki Kodaka (Nasushiobara, Japan), Akitoshi Sato (Otawara, Japan) and Tomio Maehama (Nasushiobara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wrap replacing apparatus according to the embodiments includes: an insertion port into which a medical device wrapped in a first bag is inserted; a peeler configured to pee...