ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,341, issued on May 20, was assigned to Medos International Srl (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"Camera position indication systems and methods" was invented by Roman Lomeli (Plymouth, Mass.), Eric Buehlmann (Duxbury, Mass.), James Paiva (Warren, R.I.) and Leonard Bryant Guffey (Duxbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Camera position indication systems and methods are disclosed herein for conveying a camera's position to a user and/or adjusting a camera view display to match a user's perspective during a surgical procedure. In one embodiment, an example method can include receiving an output view from a camera placed within a channel o...