ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,796, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Medical elongated body and medical instrument set" was invented by Kenta Suzuki (Fujinomiya, Japan), Kota Hamuro (Fujinomiya, Japan) and Takito Inukai (Fujinomiya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical elongated body including a shaft portion comprising a linear body and a proximal portion; a distal member disposed in a distal side of the shaft portion and having a distal end and a proximal end, the distal member having a first region having an inner layer and an outer layer which are made of a resin material, and a second region having the inner layer and the o...