ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,528, issued on July 1, was assigned to LightLab Imaging Inc. (Westford, Mass.).

"Optical coherence tomography with self-inspecting imaging device" was invented by Steven M. Stromski (Windham, N.H.) and Chih-Hao Liu (Chelmsford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure provide for automated self-inspection by an OCT imaging engine or device, to identify and resolve failures or inefficiencies in the hardware and/or software of the system or device during imaging. An OCT imaging engine can include a catheter connection check system for checking the quality of a physical connection point between a catheter and other ...