ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,249, issued on April 29, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Insertion device" was invented by Takeshi Akiyama (Chuo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insertion device is an insertion device configured to insert a medical device into a living body, including a needle portion to which at least a portion of the medical device is adhered and being inserted into the living body together with the adhered medical device; and a movable portion configured to be movable relatively to the needle portion in a direction of insertion of the needle portion, wherein the movable portion moves relatively to the needle portion in the direction...