US Patent Issued to ViOptix on June 24 for "Oximetry device with laparoscopic extension" (California, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,817, issued on June 24, 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 Solomon (Menlo Park, Calif.), Winston Sun (San Jose, Calif.), Alan Baldwin (San Jose, Calif.), Scott Coleridge (Belle Mead, N.J.) 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 i...