ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,180, issued on April 22, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Medical device and method for producing medical device" was invented by Naoto Takemura (Atsugi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device includes: a base material; and a coating on a surface of the base material. The coating includes a network structure including a thread portion and a network portion. The thread portion includes a combination of a silicone and a compound including a constituent unit of polymethoxyethyl acrylate (PMEA). The network portion includes a surface of the base material that is exposed from the thread portion."
The patent was filed o...