ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,074, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA (Hengyang, China).

"Laser fiber operator" was invented by Mingyong Li (Hengyang, China) and Wei Hu (Hengyang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a laser fiber operator. The laser fiber operator includes a first pipe sleeve for mounting, and the first pipe sleeve is provided with a front passage for threading of an optical fiber in an axially through manner. Moreover, a first guide pipe, a second guide pipe, and a third guide pipe are axially mounted at a front end of the first pipe sleeve, and flow guide...