ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,055, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Catheter assembly and medical valve" was invented by Hideaki Kinoshita (Kofu, Japan) and Shota Yamamoto (Kai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter assembly is provided with a catheter, a catheter hub, and a valve body (medical valve) provided in the catheter hub. The valve body includes a hollow main body provided with a distal end surface and a fixing portion for fixing the valve body to the catheter hub. At least a part of an outer peripheral surface and at least a part of an inner peripheral surface of the main body are inclined with respect to a central ax...