US Patent Issued to TERUMO on March 25 for "Medical device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,985, issued on March 25, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).

"Medical device" was invented by Tuo Zhou (Yokohama, Japan) and Itaru Okubo (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device capable of improving handling properties and maintaining excellent insulation properties of conductive wires for supplying electricity to electrodes for performing treatment includes: an elongated shaft part having a guide wire lumen formed therein, the guide wire lumen being open at a distal part; a plurality of electrodes which are disposed on the distal side of the shaft part, extend in the longitudinal direction of the shaft part...