ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,088, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to ASAHI INTECC Co. LTD. (Seto, Japan).
"Light irradiation device and light irradiation system" 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 device having an elongated shape is inserted into a catheter. The light irradiation device includes a light irradiation portion provided on a distal end side of a light irradiation device for outputting irradiation light to outside, and a large diameter portion positioned distal to the light irradiation portion and having an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter o...