ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,514, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ViOptix Inc. (Newark, Calif.).
"Monitoring viability of tissue flaps" was invented by Jimmy Jian-min Mao (Fremont, Calif.) and Robert E. Lash (Redwood City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus are used to assess the viability of tissue such as flap tissue. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for assessing the viability of flap tissue includes obtaining an oxygen saturation level associated with a first location on the flap tissue, determining whether the oxygen saturation level is less than a first level, and identifying the first location as having ...