ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,676, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Terra Quantum AG (St. Gallen, Switzerland).

"Laser system and method for detecting and processing information" was invented by Valerii Vinokour (St. Gallen, Switzerland) and Emil Sobol (St. Gallen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser system suitable for modification of a calcified blood vessel includes a laser source, a feedback controller configured to regulate a dosimetry of the laser source to produce spatially and/or temporally modulated laser light, a catheter comprising a first optical delivery element, the first optical delivery element configured to guide the modulated lase...