US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on July 1 for "Systems and methods for optical fiber alignment" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,924, issued on July 1, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for optical fiber alignment" was invented by Tor C. Anderson (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Matthew R. Cavalier (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber alignment assembly may comprise an alignment fixture including a groove configured to engage first and second optical fiber ferrules, a first clamping mechanism configured to selectively apply a force on the first optical fiber ferrule to constrain motion of the first optical fiber ferrule within the groove, and a second clamping mechanism configured t...