US Patent Issued to ViOptix on Dec. 2 for "Oximetry device with laparoscopic extension" (California, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,816, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ViOptix Inc. (Newark, Calif.).

"Oximetry device with laparoscopic extension" was invented by Kate LeeAnn Bechtel (Pleasant Hill, Calif.), Todd Louis Harris (Fremont, Calif.), Edward Gerald Soloman (Menlo Park, Calif.), Winston Sun (San Jose, Calif.), Alan Baldwin (San Jose, Calif.), Scott E. Coleridge (New York) and Mark Lonsinger (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laparoscopic medical device includes an oximeter sensor at its tip, which allows the making of oxygen saturation measurements laparoscopically. The device can be a unitary design, wherein a laparoscopic element includes...