ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,267, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).

"Laser control using a spectrometer" was invented by Anne G. McLoughlin (Exeter, N.H.), Sergey A. Bukesov (Acton, Mass.), Kurt G. Shelton (Bedford, Mass.), Brian M. Talbot (Southborough, Mass.), Rachel D. Schnakenberg (Minneapolis) and Kimbolt Young (Newtonville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods for identifying a target in a body using a spectroscopic feedback from the target are disclosed. An exemplary surgical feedback control system comprises a feedback analyzer configured to receive a reflected signal from a target in r...