US Patent Issued to Gyrus ACMI on Dec. 2 for "Endoscopic laser system with laser interlock" (Massachusetts, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,964, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).

"Endoscopic laser system with laser interlock" was invented by Brian M. Talbot (Southborough, Mass.), Sergey A. Bukesov (Acton, Mass.), Kurt G. Shelton (Bedford, Mass.), Rachel D. Schnakenberg (Minneapolis) and Maria Rao (Worcester, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods for determining advancement of a surgical laser fiber in an endoscope and providing interlocking feedback for the surgical laser are disclosed. An exemplary method includes directing light from a distal end of an endoscope to a target, optically detecting an amount...