US Patent Issued to Los Angeles BioMedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Intelligent Optical Systems on March 25 for "Integrated fiber optic sensor umbilical catheter" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,049, issued on March 25, was assigned to Los Angeles BioMedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA Medical Center (Torrance, Calif.) and Intelligent Optical Systems (Torrance, Calif.).

"Integrated fiber optic sensor umbilical catheter" was invented by Virender Rehan (Torrance, Calif.) and Jesus Delgado (Torrance, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein relate to a catheter configured to detect at least one blood gas parameter present in blood in an artery of a patient, including, but not limited to, a catheter wall forming at least one lumen configured for umbilical arterial catheterization, at least one op...