ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,244, issued on April 7.
"Surgical microscope system" was invented by Robert T. Hewlett (Cumming, Ga.) and Jonathan M. Butler (Gainesville, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical microscope system having a head unit microscope assembly and a foot control assembly in operative communication with the head unit microscope assembly. The head unit microscope assembly being configured to selectively couple to a floor stand assembly such that the that the head unit microscope assembly can be positioned in a desired operative location by the user. The head unit microscope assembly including one or more of: a mounting adaptor, an XY dir...