US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on April 21 for "Active alignment system and method for optimizing optical coupling of multiplexer for laser-driven intravascular lithotripsy device" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,205, issued on April 21, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Active alignment system and method for optimizing optical coupling of multiplexer for laser-driven intravascular lithotripsy device" was invented by Christopher A. Cook (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Gerald D. Bacher (Carlsbad, Calif.) and John F. Black (Bainbridge Island, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter system (100) for treating a treatment site (106) includes a first light source (124), a plurality of light guides (122A), a multiplexer (128), a multiplexer alignment system (142), and a first beamsplitter (268). The first light s...