US Patent Issued to Micro Energy Medical Technology on July 28 for "Laser ablation catheter" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,919, issued on July 28, was assigned to Micro Energy Medical Technology Co. Ltd (Shenzhen, China).

"Laser ablation catheter" was invented by Nan Wu (Shenzhen, China) and Shufen Pan (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a laser ablation catheter, including a laser optical fiber bundle, an adjustable head, an outer tube, an overtube and a connector. The outer tube wraps the laser fiber bundle. The adjustable head includes an adjustable stent, the adjustable stent is made of a shape memory material and is sleeved outside one end of the outer tube. The connector is connected to the other end of the outer tube, and t...