ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,074, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Endoscopic imaging with augmented parallax" was invented by John W. Komp (Dillon, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for imaging involves scanning an anatomical object within a patient and capturing reflected IR light with a plurality of cameras that are separate from the scanner. The IR images captured by the IR cameras are associated together to create an integrated image based on parallax between the IR cameras and the scanner. The integrated image is associated with a separate or optical light image of the anatomical object to generate an intra-op...