ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,790, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte Ltd. (Singapore).

"System, method, and computer program for a surgical microscope system and corresponding surgical microscope system" was invented by George Themelis (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples relate to a system, method, and computer program for a surgical microscope system, and to a corresponding surgical microscope system. The system is configured to determine a depth characteristic of a surgical site being imaged using a microscope. The system is configured to adjust a numerical aperture of the microscope based on the depth characteris...