US Patent Issued to Duke University on Aug. 19 for "Surface and subsurface tumor mapping for computer-guided laser surgery" (Washington, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,273, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Duke University (Durham, N.C.).

"Surface and subsurface tumor mapping for computer-guided laser surgery" was invented by Jigar Patel (Seattle), Weston Ross (Durham, N.C.) and Patrick Codd (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems and techniques for providing laser treatment. For example, a vasculature structure associated with a tissue region can be determined. Based on the vasculature structure, one or more laser parameters for configuring a laser to deliver laser energy to at least one blood vessel within the tissue region can be determined. Laser energy can be delive...