US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Sept. 29 for "Systems and methods utilizing Raman spectroscopy for in vivo analysis" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,908, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Systems and methods utilizing Raman spectroscopy for in vivo analysis" was invented by Rebecca Jane Gettys (Carlisle, Mass.), Kirsten Viering (Newton, Mass.) and George Wilfred Duval (Sudbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for determining characteristics of tissue within a body of a patient may include a medical device. The medical device may include a distal end configured to be advanced within the body of the patient; at least one aperture at the distal end; a laser emitter operable to emit monochromatic light out from the...