US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on July 7 for "Connector for multiplexer optical coupling" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,915, issued on July 7, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Connector for multiplexer optical coupling" was invented by Christopher A. Cook (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) and Eric Schultheis (San Clemente, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter system (100) for treating a treatment site (106) within or adjacent to a vessel wall (108A) or a heart valve includes a light source (124), a first light guide (122A), a second light guide (122A), and a guide bundle (152). The light source (124) generates light energy. The first light guide (122A) receives the light energy from the light source (124) and has a...