US Patent Issued to TERUMO on Sept. 16 for "Medical device, method for controlling rotation of medical device, and rotation controller" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,795, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).

"Medical device, method for controlling rotation of medical device, and rotation controller" was invented by Takashi Kitaoka (Hadano, Japan), Masaomi Imai (Kofu, Japan), Kazuaki Kanamoto (Hadano, Japan) and Yuki Masubuchi (Hadano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device is disclosed that can effectively destroy an object in a biological lumen, a method for controlling rotation of the medical device, and a rotation controller. The medical device to be inserted into a biological lumen to destroy a thrombus in the biological lumen includes an elongated shaft po...