US Patent Issued to Terumo Cardiovascular Systems on Jan. 20 for "Endoscopic vessel harvesting with thermal management and augmented reality display" (Michigan, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,457, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corp. (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Endoscopic vessel harvesting with thermal management and augmented reality display" was invented by Joseph Mark Geric (Livonia, Mich.), Takeshi Tsubouchi (Dexter, Mich.), Randal James Kadykowski (South Lyon, Mich.) and Tatsunori Fujii (Bear, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vessel harvesting system removes a target vessel from a patient for use as a bypass. An elongated harvesting instrument inserts into a body along a path of a target vessel which includes at least one side branch. The harvesting instrument includes a cutter for app...