US Patent Issued to Cardinal Health on Feb. 10 for "Indwelling-type medical device and endoscope system using the same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,153, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Cardinal Health K.K. (Tokyo).

"Indwelling-type medical device and endoscope system using the same" was invented by Atsushi Ohigawa (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide an indwelling-type medical device capable of obtaining near-infrared light from the entire device by partially using a near-infrared fluorescent material. The indwelling-type medical device includes a first assembly made of a first material containing a fluorescent dye that emits near-infrared light, and a second assembly made of a second material that reflects near-infrared light and that reflects the near-...