ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,893, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Processor device, method of operating the same, and endoscope system" was invented by Takaaki Saito (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Oxygen saturation is calculated on the basis of a calculation value with reference to an oxygen saturation calculation table TBL. A specific colorant concentration of a specific colorant other than hemoglobin is calculated on the basis of B3 image signals and G1 image signals. Whether or not a first difference D1 between the specific colorant concentration and a reference concentration is in a specific range is monitored. ...