ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,919, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Ace Vision Group Inc. (Newark, Calif.).

"Virtual integrated remote assistant apparatus and methods" was invented by AnnMarie Hipsley (Silver Lake, Ohio) and Griffin Peter Thomas (Stow, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for a virtual integrated remote assistant is provided. In some implementations, the system performs operations comprising receiving an input for a surgical procedure. The operations further include determining first feedback for the surgical procedure. The operations further include receiving, in response to the first feedback, a user input. The operations further includ...