ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,214, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Compression device and compression method" was invented by Masakatsu Kawaura (Mountain View, Calif.), Yuki Soma (Mountain View, Calif.) and Shuji Uemura (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compression device according to the present disclosure includes a main body portion that is fixable to a biological surface; a compression portion configured to compress the biological surface; a hinge portion that supports the compression portion so as to be rotatable around a rotational axis with respect to the main body portion; and a pressing portion configured to...