US Patent Issued to Lumitex on May 26 for "Surgical lighting" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,114, issued on May 26, was assigned to Lumitex Inc. (Brecksville, Ohio).

"Surgical lighting" was invented by Carolyn Guzik (Strongsville, Ohio), Michael Kerns (Strongsville, Ohio), Nicolette Diehl (Brunswick, Ohio), Jessica Quartermaine (Medina, Ohio), Heather Allen (Cleveland) and Alan Greszler (Strongsville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical illumination system is provided for modulating properties of light emitted by a light source of the illumination system based on properties of a spot size defining an area illuminated by the emitted light."

The patent was filed on Oct. 14, 2022, under Application No. 18/712,023.

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