ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,080, issued on May 26, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).
"Laser scanning method, laser irradiation device, and laser treatment system" was invented by Yuhei Takata (Tokyo) and Takumi Hayashi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser scanning method that is a method for scanning a laser beam emitted from a distal end of an optical fiber in a liquid medium. The laser scanning method includes emission of a pulsed laser beam from the distal end in the medium, wherein the emission of the pulsed laser beam includes: generating a bubble that is to come into contact with the distal end and an operation member by means of the laser be...