US Patent Issued to University Health Network on May 13 for "Multi-modal system for visualization and analysis of surgical specimens" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,908, issued on May 13, was assigned to University Health Network (Toronto).

"Multi-modal system for visualization and analysis of surgical specimens" was invented by Ralph S. Dacosta (Etobicoke, Canada), Kathryn Ottolino-Perry (Toronto) and Christopher Gibson (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods, systems, and devices for coregistering imaging data to form three-dimensional superimposed images of target such as a tumor or a surgical bed. A three-dimensional map can be generated by projecting infrared radiation at a target area, receiving reflected infrared radiation, and measuring depth of th...