US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on July 8 for "Optical fiber sensor for shape sensing, optical shape sensing device, system and method" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,000, issued on July 8, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Optical fiber sensor for shape sensing, optical shape sensing device, system and method" was invented by Anna Hendrika Van Dusschoten (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Gert Wim 'T Hooft (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Jeroen Jan Lambertus Horikx (Weert, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an optical fiber sensor for shape sensing, comprising an optical fiber having embedded therein a number of at least four fiber cores (1 to 6) arranged at a distance from a longitudinal center axis (0) of the optical fiber, the numbe...