ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,299, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Removal device and removal system" was invented by Masaomi Imai (Kofu, Japan), Takashi Kitaoka (Hadano, Japan), Kazuaki Kanamoto (Hadano, Japan) and Yuki Masubuchi (Hadano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A removal device and a removal system are configured to effectively remove an object in a body lumen while suppressing damage to another device. The removal device includes an elongated shaft part, and a cutting part fixed to a distal portion of the shaft part. The proximal portion of the cutting part includes a ring-shaped cutting blade, and a surface of the cutting...