ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,541, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TSUKADA MEDICAL RESEARCH Co. LTD. (Tokyo) and MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).
"Fluid supply apparatus" was invented by Osamu Tsukada (Tokyo), Akihiko Nakasa (Tokyo), Jumpei Yoshida (Tokyo), Hiroyasu Mizuno (Tokyo), Dai Shiba (Tokyo), Teruhiro Senkoji (Tokyo) and Yusuke Hagiwara (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid supply apparatus that can eliminate the need for a power supply source, and store fluid efficiently. The apparatus may comprise a first balloon that is formed of an elastic body to be capable of storing the fluid, a second balloon that is formed of an elastic body...