US Patent Issued to TERUMO on July 8 for "Diagnostic imaging catheter and diagnostic imaging apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,095, issued on July 8, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).

"Diagnostic imaging catheter and diagnostic imaging apparatus" was invented by Yuki Sakaguchi (Isehara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diagnostic imaging catheter includes: a drive shaft including a signal transmitter and receiver at a distal end portion and configured to rotate and move forward and backward; a support tube on an outer periphery of the drive shaft along an axial direction and configured to move forward and backward i with the drive shaft; a sheath in which the drive shaft is positioned; a relay connector connected to a proximal end of the sheath; and ...