US Patent Issued to KOMPATH, The University of Tokyo on Nov. 11 for "Medical image processing device, medical image processing method, medical image processing program, and surgical support system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,221, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to KOMPATH INC. (Tokyo) and The University of Tokyo (Tokyo).

"Medical image processing device, medical image processing method, medical image processing program, and surgical support system" was invented by Takehito Doke (Tokyo), Haruaki Takahashi (Tokyo), Toki Saito (Tokyo), Taichi Kin (Tokyo), Hiroshi Oyama (Tokyo) and Nobuhito Saito (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical image processing device acquires a user operation. The medical image processing device specifies, from a three-dimensional medical image in which one or more organs appear, an organ of interest to which to apply inform...