ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,609, issued on May 27, was assigned to Theator Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"System for updating a predictable outcome" was invented by Tamir Wolf (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Dotan Asselmann (Holon, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for updating a predicted outcome during a surgical procedure are disclosed. The system may include at least one processor configured to perform operations that include receiving, from at least one image sensor, image data associated with a first event and image data associated with a second event during a surgical procedure. Operations may include determining, based on received image data...