US Patent Issued to NIPRO on Nov. 25 for "Puncturing tool for small animals" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,302, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to NIPRO Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Puncturing tool for small animals" was invented by Hiroyuki Nakagami (Osaka, Japan), Tatsuya Kudo (Osaka, Japan), Naoya Kataoka (Osaka, Japan) and Eimi Yoshida (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A puncturing tool for small animals which has a novel structure, facilitates confirmation of the connection state of a capillary tube, and can prevent inadvertent detachment of the capillary tube. A puncturing tool for small animals includes a connecting part for a capillary tube on the proximal end side of a hollow needle, wherein the connecting part has a tapered...