ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,186, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to GENESIS MEDTECH INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE Ltd. (Singapore).
"Dynamic 3D scanning robotic laparoscope" was invented by Brendan Reimer (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Bin Zhao (Ellicott City, Md.) and Shan Wan (Plymouth, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic system is integrated with the laparoscope effectively creating a 3D scanner which can be used during laparoscopic surgery. This enables advanced surgical navigation and visualization to aid with the surgical process. It also acts as a core data set to be used by the Digital Health Platform. This acts as the starting point for Virtual Reality reco...