US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Sept. 8 for "Broadband, freeform focusing micro optics for side-viewing imaging catheters" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,743, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Broadband, freeform focusing micro optics for side-viewing imaging catheters" was invented by Julien Bec (Davis, Calif.) and Laura Marcu (Davis, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that implements a side-viewing imaging catheter. This system includes a catheter sheath enclosing an imaging core, wherein the imaging core resents an internal optical channel coupled to an optical element located at the distal end of the imaging core. The optical element includes an internal reflective surf...