US Patent Issued to Intuitive Surgical Operations on Sept. 23 for "Combining near-infrared information with colored images in image-guided surgery" (Texas, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,507, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Combining near-infrared information with colored images in image-guided surgery" was invented by Jeffrey M. DiCarlo (Austin, Texas) and Max J. Trejo (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology described herein can be embodied in a method that includes receiving data representing information captured using a first sensor and a second sensor of a multi-sensor camera. The sensors are configured to capture a surgical scene illuminated by a light source configured to emit wavelengths in the visible spectrum corresponding ...