ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,867, issued on July 8, was assigned to Optecks LLC (Tulsa, Okla.).

"Artificial intelligence based colonoscopy system and method" was invented by Hakki Refai (Bixby, Okla.), Omar Yusef Kudsi (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) and Badia Koudsi (Bixby, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are colonoscopy systems and methods of using such systems. The colonoscopy systems may include an optical scanning system having at least one illuminator configured to produce spatially patterned light and solid light in at least one frame to illuminate tissue within the colon, and at least one camera configured to capture the at least one image of the il...