ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,007, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to CamPlex Inc. (Germantown, Tenn.).
"Optics for video camera on a surgical visualization system" was invented by John Tesar (Tucson, Ariz.) and Steven T. Charles (Memphis, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device includes a plurality of cameras integrated therein. The view of each of the plurality of cameras can be integrated together to provide a composite image. A surgical tool that includes an integrated camera may be used in conjunction with the surgical device. The image produced by the camera integrated with the surgical tool may be associated with the composite image generate...