US Patent Issued to SURGISENSE on Sept. 23 for "Apparatus, systems, and methods for mapping of tissue oxygenation" (District Of Columbia, Massachusetts, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,550, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SURGISENSE Corp. (Bethesda, Md.).

"Apparatus, systems, and methods for mapping of tissue oxygenation" was invented by Jason Matthew Zand (Washington), Gregory Scott Fischer (Jamaica Plain, Mass.) and Justin Thomas Knowles (Fairfax, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided that generate in vivo maps of oxygenation measurements of biological tissue. These may include surgical instruments and stand-alone imaging systems with incorporated oxygen sensing capability. Oxygenation maps can be determined via fluorescent or phosphorescent lifetime imaging of an in...