ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,811, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Quick save method for recording surgical videos" was invented by Kheng Swee Leck (Singapore) and Jie Huang (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (200) is disclosed which is configured to copy (342b) a video (211, 212, 213) of a surgical procedure from a first device (201) to a second device (202); determine (342c) when the video (211, 212, 213) is copied to the second device (202); and cause a displayed indication (410) that the copying is complete, automatically, after the determination."

The patent was filed on Aug. 18, 202...