US Patent Issued to VPIX Medical Incorporation on March 24 for "Image generating device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,108, issued on March 24, was assigned to VPIX Medical Incorporation (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Image generating device" was invented by Kyungmin Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Ki-Hun Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical device may include an optical fiber having a fixed end and a free end; a first actuator positioned at a actuator position between the fixed end and the free end and configured to apply a first force on the actuator position of the optical fiber such that a movement of the free end of the optical fiber in a first direction is caused, wherein the first direction is orthogonal to a longi...