ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,309, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Infusion pump" was invented by Shota Sekiguchi (Hadano, Japan) and Makoto Hasegawa (Ebina, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infusion pump includes: a main body configured to have an infusion tube fixed thereto, wherein the main body includes: a first fixing unit, a second fixing unit that is movable between (i) a pressing position in which the infusion tube is pressed against the first fixing unit, and (ii) a release position in which the pressing of the infusion tube against the first fixing unit is released, by being rotated with respect to a rotary shaft, an urging...