ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,555, issued on July 1, was assigned to ASAHI INTECC Co. LTD. (Seto, Japan).
"Light irradiation system, catheter, and light irradiation device" was invented by Toshihiko Tsukamoto (Seto, Japan) and Yuko Katsurada (Seto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light irradiation system for medical use includes a catheter having an elongated tube shape and a light irradiation device having an elongated shape and configured to be inserted into the catheter. The catheter includes a light transmitting portion provided at least in a part of a side surface on a distal end side of the catheter and configured to transmit light inside the catheter...