US Patent Issued to FURUKAWA ELECTRIC on Sept. 30 for "Detection system, catheter device, and laser ablation device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,949, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to FURUKAWA ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Detection system, catheter device, and laser ablation device" was invented by Yoshiki Nomura (Tokyo) and Shunichi Matsushita (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection system includes: at least one light source that outputs a plurality of test beams input to a proximal end portion side of an optical fiber and having different wavelengths and providing different bending losses of the optical fiber; at least one reflector that reflects each of the test beams propagating through the optical fiber, on a distal end portion side of the optical fiber; a pl...