ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,566, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Hyperspectral imaging in a light deficient environment" was invented by Joshua D. Talbert (Cottonwood Heights, Utah) and Donald M. Wichern (Ogden, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscopic imaging system for use in a light deficient environment includes an imaging device having a tube, one or more image sensors, and a lens assembly including at least one optical elements that corresponds to the one or more image sensors. The endoscopic system includes a display for a user to visualize a scene and an image signal processing controller. The en...