ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,252, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
"Calculation of redundant bend in multi-core fiber for safety" was invented by Patrick Roye (Christiansburg, Va.), Mark E. Froggatt (Blacksburg, Va.) and Dawn K. Gifford (Blacksburg, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber includes M primary cores and N redundant cores, where M an integer is greater than two and N is an integer greater than one. Interferometric circuitry detects interferometric pattern data associated with the M primary cores and the N redundant cores when the optical fiber is placed into a sensing position. Data proces...