ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,927, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Medical device" was invented by Taiga Nakano (Irvine, Calif.) and Kosuke Nishio (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device includes: a drive shaft that is rotatable; a drive unit that is connected to a proximal portion of the drive shaft and rotates the drive shaft; a housing that accommodates the proximal portion of the drive shaft; and a handle portion that accommodates the drive unit and the housing, in which the housing includes an accommodation portion that is provided therein, a shaft support that is disposed in the accommodation portion and has a ...