US Patent Issued to TERUMO on March 18 for "Treatment method using catheter assembly and catheter assembly" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,523, issued on March 18, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).

"Treatment method using catheter assembly and catheter assembly" was invented by Mariko Ueda (Shizuoka, Japan) and Tetsuya Fukuoka (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter assembly includes an outer catheter that includes a tubular outer catheter body and an outer catheter hub, and an inner catheter that includes an inner catheter body and an inner catheter hub. The inner catheter body is positionable in the outer catheter body, and the outer catheter hub is connectable to the inner catheter hub. The inner catheter body includes a shaft extending from th...