US Patent Issued to ST. MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, OZK, SHINWA SYOJI on April 1 for "Guide wire shaping mold and method for shaping guide wire" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,317, issued on April 1, was assigned to ST. MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (Kawasaki, Japan), OZK Co. LTD. (Yao, Japan) and SHINWA SYOJI Co. LTD. (Higashosaka, Japan).

"Guide wire shaping mold and method for shaping guide wire" was invented by Yuki Ishibashi (Kawasaki, Japan), Yoshihiro Akashi (Kawasaki, Japan), Haruhiko Yamasaki (Yao, Japan), Katsunori Mitsuhashi (Yao, Japan) and Yoshiro Morishita (Higashiosaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a guide wire shaping mold that reduces damage to a blood vessel by folding back a tip end of the guide wire and do not require heating treatment, and a guide wire shapi...