ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,271, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Medical device" was invented by Naoki Aramaki (Kanagawa, Japan), Miho Kai (Kanagawa, Japan), Anri Fujii (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kensuke Uchitomi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device is disclosed capable of reducing risk factors of an anastomotic leakage after a surgical operation is performed. The medical device includes an adhesion promotion sheet configured to include an adhesion promotion portion promoting adhesion of biological tissues and a frame portion provided outside the adhesion promotion portion in a plane direction and a pulling unit c...