US Patent Issued to AccuVein on Dec. 16 for "Scanned laser vein contrast enhancer with eye safety protection with respect to emitted laser light" (New York, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,012, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to AccuVein Inc. (Medford, N.Y.).

"Scanned laser vein contrast enhancer with eye safety protection with respect to emitted laser light" was invented by Ron Goldman (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.), Stephen P. Conlon (Glen Mills, Pa.), Vincent Luciano (Shoreham, N.Y.) and Fred Wood (Medford, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A miniature vein enhancer includes: a housing, one or more movable mirrors, photo detector, and apparatus for transmitting a beam of light that includes a first and second wavelengths in the infrared and the visible spectrum, respectively. The one or more movable mirrors scan the b...