US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS on Sept. 30 for "Orientation pins for device using radial ultrasound" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,853, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Orientation pins for device using radial ultrasound" was invented by Jason T. Panzenbeck (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for determining orientation of a distal end of a catheter. The system includes a radial ultrasound system configured to generate images based on data received from a radial ultrasound probe. The system also includes a display device to present the generated images, a medical device, and a catheter system. The catheter system includes a flexible shaft having a first lumen configured to receive the radial ultraso...