ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,306, issued on May 20, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging with fixed pattern noise cancellation" 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: "Hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging with reduced fixed pattern noise is disclosed. A method includes actuating an emitter to emit a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation and sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation resulting from the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation with a pixel array ...