ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,576, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Medical device" was invented by Kosuke Nishio (Machida, Japan), Tomonori Hatta (San Jose, Calif.), Taiga Nakano (Cupertino, Calif.) and Junichi Kobayashi (Cupertino, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device is disclosed which can be inserted into a biological lumen to effectively cut and remove an object. The medical device includes a drive shaft, a cutting portion fixed to a distal portion of the drive shaft, an outer tube that accommodates the drive shaft, and a handle unit disposed in a proximal portion of the drive shaft and the outer tube. The handle uni...