US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on June 23 for "Surgical methods using multi-source imaging" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,984, issued on June 23, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical methods using multi-source imaging" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio) and Charles J. Scheib (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In general, devices, systems, and methods for multi-source imaging are provided. In one embodiment, a surgical method includes visualizing, with a first imaging system, a first side of a tissue wall during performance of a surgical procedure, and visualizing, with an endoscopic imaging system, a second, opposite side of the tissue wall during the performance of the surgical proced...