ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,626, issued on May 20, was assigned to Nikkiso Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Attaching member" was invented by Masayuki Morita (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attaching member is provided that is capable of releasing a load occurring on a pump tube that is being attached to or detached from a peristaltic pump so that the work of attaching or detaching the pump tube to or from the peristaltic pump can be performed stably. An attaching member to be attached to a blood purification apparatus including peristaltic pumps holds pump tubes to be squeezed in a predetermined direction by the peristaltic pumps for liquid delivery. The ...