US Patent Issued to TERUMO on Nov. 11 for "Blood vessel visualization member, blood vessel visualization device, blood vessel puncture system, and blood vessel visualization system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,699, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).

"Blood vessel visualization member, blood vessel visualization device, blood vessel puncture system, and blood vessel visualization system" was invented by Shota Tsumaki (Kai, Japan) and Takayuki Yokota (Chuo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood vessel visualization member for visualizing a blood vessel of a living body includes: a sheet body that is affixable to a surface of a site to be visualized, the sheet body including: a wavelength converter including a wavelength conversion material that converts near-infrared light into visible light, and an adhesive porti...