US Patent Issued to ILLUMI MEDICAL on July 15 for "Light irradiation device and light irradiation system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,842, issued on July 15, was assigned to ILLUMI MEDICAL INC. (Owariasahi, Japan).

"Light irradiation device and light irradiation system" was invented by Toshihiko Tsukamoto (Owariasahi, Japan) and Kazuhide Sato (Owariasahi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light irradiation device is a light irradiation device for medical use having an elongated shape. The light irradiation device includes an optical fiber that transmits light emitted by a light source to a tip portion of the optical fiber. The tip portion of the optical fiber is formed in a bent portion that is bent with respect to an axial direction of a base portion to which...