ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,007, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Magic Leap Inc. (Plantation, Fla.).

"Viewing system for use in a surgical environment" was invented by Jennifer Miglionico Esposito (Davie, Fla.), Daniel Andrew Garcia (Miami), Manuela Tamayo (Boca Raton, Fla.), Emilio Patrick Shironoshita (Miami) and David Charles Lundmark (Plantation, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a viewing system for use in a surgical environment. Various real object detection devices detect locations of real objects in a real environment, such as a patient and body part of patient, medical staff, robots, a cutting tool on a robot, implant tran...