ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,154, issued on May 27, was assigned to SB-KAWASUMI LABORATORIES INC. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Medical needle" was invented by Yusuke Tamai (Oita, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a medical needle capable of preventing malfunction of a movement mechanism at the time of use, and improving safety even further. A medical needle 1A includes: a needle portion 10; a case 20 which is capable of exposing a needle tip of the needle portion 10 from a distal end, and is capable of accommodating the needle portion 10; a movement mechanism M which moves the needle portion 10 inside the case 20; an operation portion 62 for operating the m...