United States
US 12,697,052 B2
Detachment and replacement method for a laparoscopic tube for an oximetry probe
US 12,697,052 B2 is a granted patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), dated 2026-08-04. Applicant: ViOptix, Inc. Its PDF downloads from this page without an account, up to 5 a day.
- Applicant
- ViOptix, Inc.
- Inventors
- Alex Michael Margiott; Sean Gossin; Timothy Lee Sauder; Kevin Dunk; Scott E. Coleridge; Mark Lonsinger
- Publication date
- 2026-08-04
- Filing date
- 2025-01-07
- Document type
- B2 Granted patent
- Also written as
- US 12,697,052 B2 · US12697052 · 12697052
Abstract
A laparoscopic medical device includes an oximeter sensor at its tip, which allows for making oxygen saturation measurements laparoscopically. The laparoscopic medical device includes a probe unit and a laparoscopic tube that detachably connects with the probe unit so that the laparoscopic tube can be replaced for different patient surgeries and the probe unit can be reused. The probe unit includes a number of optical fibers and the detachable laparoscopic tube includes a number of optical fibers where tips of the fibers of the probe unit and laparoscopic tube connect end to end.…
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