Patents by Inventor Akihiro Higashiinoue

Akihiro Higashiinoue has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5891099
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved medical device comprising: a needle assembly comprising a needle body having a needle hub fixed to its needle; a hollow casing at least opening at its top for slidably containing the needle assembly, the opening top of the hollow casing having inward projections on its inner circumference; a stopper movably attached to the vicinity of the opening top of the hollow casing; and a protection cover for enclosing at least the sharp point of the needle, thereby permitting the needle assembly to be retained in the hollow casing by putting the stopper in the shutting position, or permitting the needle assembly to appear from the hollow casing by holding the needle hub of the inner needle between the inward projections of the opening top and the stopper, which is put in the shutting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Togo Medikit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakajima, Akihiro Higashiinoue