ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,435, issued on July 22, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Medical device" was invented by Yosuke Itamochi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device is configured to be attached to a part of a circulation circuit of an extracorporeal circulation device and to be inserted with an insertion member for performing a test related to blood clotting, and includes a storage portion configured to store a blood, and a main body portion configured to drop the blood stored in the storage portion onto the insertion member. The stored blood is used as samples for testing and monitoring of blood conditions (e.g., clotting)...