ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,902, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Nikkiso Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Attaching member" was invented by Masayuki Morita (Shizuoka, Japan) and Shunsuke Kawamura (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present teachings provide an attaching member that holds a flexible tube through which liquid related to blood purification treatment is made to flow. The attaching member is attached to a blood purification apparatus and includes an anchor portion defined by a slit in such a manner as to be separated from an other portion and to be foldable, the anchor portion being capable of anchoring the flexible tube when folded to be raise...