US Patent Issued to AccuVein on Nov. 18 for "Scanned laser vein contrast enhancer with full stopping of scanner movement during scan line reversals" (New York, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,844, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to AccuVein Inc. (Medford, N.Y.).

"Scanned laser vein contrast enhancer with full stopping of scanner movement during scan line reversals" was invented by Fred Wood (Medford, N.Y.), Ron Goldman (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.), Vincent Luciano (Shoreham, N.Y.) and Stephen P. Conlon (Glen Mills, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vein imaging device includes: a laser; one or more mirrors reflecting laser light onto a target creating a spot of light thereon; a mirror drive system; and drive circuit. The system drives the mirror(s) to oscillate about a corresponding fulcrum(s), to drive the spot upon the...