ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,886, issued on May 27, was assigned to Proximie Inc. (Boston).

"Hybrid media distribution for telehealth sessions" was invented by Christopher Richard Carter (Haywards Heath, Great Britain) and Aurelijus Vizgaitis (Pocasset, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for hybrid media distribution in a telehealth session are disclosed. A telehealth session may comprise a video conferencing session between local participants in a first location, such as an operating room, and remote participants in a second location distinct from the first location. The remote participants may connect to the tele...