ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,267,573, issued on April 1, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Controlling integral energy of a laser pulse in a hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging system" was invented by Joshua D. Talbert (Cottonwood Heights, Utah) and Donald M. Wichern (Ogden, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Controlling integral energy of a light pulse in a hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging system is disclosed. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includ...