US Patent Issued to SamanTree Medical on Sept. 30 for "Imaging systems with micro optical element arrays and methods of specimen imaging" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,679, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SamanTree Medical SA (Lausanne, Switzerland).

"Imaging systems with micro optical element arrays and methods of specimen imaging" was invented by Etienne Shaffer (Pailly, Switzerland), Bastien Rachet (Lausanne, Switzerland), Aurele Timothee Horisberger (Crissier, Switzerland), Jonathan Abel Pirolet (Aclens, Switzerland), Diego Joss (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Andrey Naumenko (Chavannes-pres-Renens, Switzerland) and Frederic Schmitt (Vulliens, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems for imaging of samples, for example, using an array of micro optical elements and methods of their use....