ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,118, issued on March 11, was assigned to Nikkiso Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Attaching member" was invented by Masayuki Morita (Shizuoka, Japan) and Kazuhide Ono (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attaching member attachable to a blood purification apparatus including a peristaltic pump, the attaching member holding a pump tube to be squeezed in a predetermined direction by the peristaltic pump for liquid delivery. The attaching member includes a body attachable to a predetermined position of the blood purification apparatus, and a holding portion attached to the body and that holds the pump tube. The holding portion holds th...