{"number":"US12697052B2","kindCode":"B2","documentType":"grant","title":{"original":"Detachment and replacement method for a laparoscopic tube for an oximetry probe","english":"Detachment and replacement method for a laparoscopic tube for an oximetry probe"},"abstract":{"original":"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.…","english":"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.…"},"applicants":["ViOptix, Inc."],"inventors":["Alex Michael Margiott","Sean Gossin","Timothy Lee Sauder","Kevin Dunk","Scott E. Coleridge","Mark Lonsinger"],"filingDate":"2025-01-07","publicationDate":"2026-08-04","grantDate":"2026-08-04","verifiedWithOffice":true,"pdfUrl":"https://downloadpatent.com/pdf/US12697052B2.pdf","pages":{"en":"https://downloadpatent.com/patent/US12697052B2","zh-Hant":"https://downloadpatent.com/zh-Hant/patent/US12697052B2","ja":"https://downloadpatent.com/ja/patent/US12697052B2"}}