ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,008, issued on March 25.

"System and method for enhanced data analysis with video enabled software tools for medical environments" was invented by Jack Wade (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical software tools platform utilizes a surgical display to provide access to specific medical software tools, such as medically-oriented applications or widgets, that can assist those in the operating room, such as a surgeon or surgical team, with a surgery. In particular, an optical sensor located within an endoscopic camera may register the momentary change in the optical characteristics reflected from a tissue surface and i...