US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on May 20 for "Surgical laser systems and laser lithotripsy techniques" (California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,193, issued on May 20, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Surgical laser systems and laser lithotripsy techniques" was invented by Jian James Zhang (Lancaster, Mass.), Rongwei Jason Xuan (Fremont, Calif.) and Danop Rajabhandharaks (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser fiber for use in performing a medical laser treatment includes an optical fiber and a fiber tip. The optical fiber includes a terminating end surface at a distal end. The fiber tip is positioned at the distal end of the optical fiber and includes a transmissive portion and a spacer portion. Laser energy discharged ...