ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,959, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Surgical laser system and laser fiber" was invented by Thomas Charles Hasenberg (Campbell, Calif.), Rongwei Jason Xuan (Fremont, Calif.), Brian P. Watschke (Minneapolis), Douglas L. Evans (Andover, Minn.), Guangjian Wang (Falcon Heights, Minn.), Steven Yihlih Peng (Fremont, Calif.) and Wen-Jui Ray Chia (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical device including an optical fiber having a longitudinal axis and an optical fiber core with a distal end having a distal terminating end configured to discharge a first laser energy i...