ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,174, issued on June 3, was assigned to PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY Corp. (San Diego).

"Mounting structures for components of intravascular devices" was invented by David H. Burkett (Panama Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Intravascular devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, the intravascular devices include at least one mounting structure within a distal portion of the device. In that regard, one or more electronic, optical, and/or electro-optical component is coupled to the mounting structure. In some instances, the mounting structure is formed of a plurality of material layers. In some embodimen...