Patents by Inventor Yukio Koshimura

Yukio Koshimura 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: 6511439
    Abstract: A blood-collecting device comprises an outer cylinder, a gasket slidable in the outer cylinder, and a plunger for the moving operation of the gasket. A ventilatable filter member is mounted on the tip end part of a hole formed in the gasket. The hole communicated with the outside via the hole of the plunger and the internal space. An anti-coagulation agent supply piece with an anti-coagulation agent such as a heparin supported on one side or both sides of a plate-like supporting member is provided in a space surrounded by the outer cylinder and the gasket. The tip end side of the anti-coagulation agent supply piece having a shape tapered toward the blood inlet opening, and the anti-coagulation agent supply piece maintains its posture by linear contact of a pair of sides facing with each other with the inner surface of the outer cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasushi Tabata, Yasuhiro Ishiguro, Yukio Koshimura, Nobuo Yoshino