US Patent Issued on Nov. 3 for "Oximeter probe with tissue marking" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,465, issued on Nov. 3.

"Oximeter probe with tissue marking" was invented by Kate LeeAnn Bechtel (Pleasant Hill, Calif.), Joseph Anthony Heanue (Oakland, Calif.) and Lester John Lloyd (Orinda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intraoperative tissue oximetry device includes a tissue marker that includes one or more pens or one or more similar ink sources, such that the tissue marker can mark tissue according to oxygen saturation measurements made by the tissue oximetry device, thereby visually delineating regions of potentially viable tissue from regions of potentially nonviable tissue."

The patent was filed on Oct. 17, 2023, un...