US Patent Issued to CANON U.S.A. on April 15 for "Methods and systems for system self-diagnosis" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,731, issued on April 15, was assigned to CANON U.S.A. INC. (Melville, N.Y.).

"Methods and systems for system self-diagnosis" was invented by Badr Elmaanaoui (Belmont, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums for performing self-diagnosis using one or more imaging modalities are provided herein. Examples of applications include imaging, evaluating and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for Gastro-intestinal, cardio and/or ophthalmic applications, and being obtained via one or more optical instruments, such as, but not limited to, optical probes, catheters, ...