ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,444, issued on July 21, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).
"Analysis of reflected signals during a laser procedure" was invented by Kester Julian Batchelor (Mound, Minn.), Sergey A. Bukesov (Acton, Mass.), Kurt G. Shelton (Bedford, Mass.) and Charles A. Baker (Rogers, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for analyzing a reflected signal during a laser procedure can include a surgical scope. A first light source emitter can be configurable to emit a first signal having a first (e.g., a non-visible) spectrum. A second light source emitter can be configurable to emit a second signal having a second spectrum (...