ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,559, issued on June 10, was assigned to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles).

"Systems and methods for recording simultaneously visible light image and infrared light image from fluorophores" was invented by Pramod Butte (Los Angeles) and Adam Mamelak (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides systems and methods for imaging a sample. In various embodiments, the invention provides a system comprising an image sensor, a laser for emitting excitation light for an infrared or near-infrared fluorophore, a visible light source, a notch beam splitter, a notch filter, a synchronization module, an image processin...