ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,843, issued on July 22, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Catheter assembly with guidewire, catheter and puncture needle" was invented by Masahiro Ishida (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter assembly includes a catheter, a catheter hub fixed to the proximal end portion of the catheter, a hollow inner needle removably located in the catheter and including a distal end portion at which is located a needlepoint to puncture skin of a patient, and a guide wire slidably positioned in the inner needle. The guide wire is longer than both the inner needle and the catheter. A wire operating member is connected to the ...