US Patent Issued to OPTICAL INTEGRITY on Feb. 24 for "Surgical laser fiber standoff arrangement for preventing dust particle accumulation during a laser lithotripsy procedure" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,160, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to OPTICAL INTEGRITY INC. (Panama City Beach, Fla.).

"Surgical laser fiber standoff arrangement for preventing dust particle accumulation during a laser lithotripsy procedure" was invented by Joe D. Brown (Panama City Beach, Fla.), Howard S. Klymas (Panama City Beach, Fla.) and Daniel Malphurs (Panama City Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end-firing surgical laser fiber suitable for Thulium Laser Fiber lithotripsy applications includes a standoff that extends beyond the distal end surface of the fiber to prevent contact between the end face of the fiber and a targeted stone. The stand...