US Patent Issued to SONY GROUP on June 3 for "Medical image processing system, surgical image control device, and surgical image control method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,049, issued on June 3, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Medical image processing system, surgical image control device, and surgical image control method" was invented by Shinji Katsuki (Tokyo), Kana Matsuura (Tokyo) and Motoaki Kobayashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical image processing system includes an acquisition unit that acquires a real-time 3D surgical image of an operation site stereoscopically viewable by a surgeon and a 3D model image that is a stereoscopic CG image associated with the 3D surgical image, and a superimposition unit that performs enhancement such that the location of the 3D model imag...