US Patent Issued to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS on Aug. 18 for "Probe unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,296, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Probe unit" was invented by Norihiro Suzuki (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Yukio Ueda (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A probe unit is a probe unit used to measure hemoglobin dynamics inside a subject, and the probe unit includes a main body having flexibility, a first probe attached to the main body and having a first face from which a first light emitting portion for irradiating the subject with light is exposed, a second probe attached to the main body to face the first probe and having a second face from which a first light incidence por...