US Patent Issued to Covidien on May 26 for "Systems and methods for enhancing imaging during surgical procedures" (Colorado, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,087, issued on May 26, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for enhancing imaging during surgical procedures" was invented by Osvaldo A. Barrera (Madison, Conn.), Joe D. Sartor (Longmont, Colo.) and David N. Heard (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical system is configured to augment the visualization environment presented to the surgeon by merging, in real-time, video feed and ultrasound imaging; tracking anatomy and instruments; identifying critical structures; generating and displaying 3-dimensional models of relevant anatomy; providing actionable guidance to the user; and enabling...