US Patent Issued to President and Fellows of Harvard College on Feb. 25 for "Compact laser-steering end effector" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,806, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Compact laser-steering end effector" was invented by Peter A. York (Somerville, Mass.), Simon A. Bothner (Etoy, Switzerland) and Robert J. Wood (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compact laser-steering end effector includes a frame, at least two active mirrors, and a pair of actuators. The frame has a greatest dimension in a plane orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of no more than 13 mm, and the mirrors are mounted proximate to the distal end of the frame. The actuators are mounted to the frame and configured to respec...