US Patent Issued to TERUMO on July 1 for "Gasket pressing tool and drug administration tool using the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,508, issued on July 1, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).

"Gasket pressing tool and drug administration tool using the same" was invented by Hitoshi Okihara (Fujinomiya, Japan) and Fumiya Matsumoto (Fujinomiya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gasket pressing tool includes a syringe attachment member attached to an outer tube, a gasket pressing member that presses a gasket of a syringe, a pressing member biasing body accommodated in the gasket pressing member, a biasing body pressing tubular member that accommodates a rear end portion of the pressing member biasing body and has side portions provided with opening portions, and...