ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,739, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Computer aided assistance system and method" was invented by Thorsten Juergens (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer aided assistance system for use in endoscopic colonoscopy procedures. The computer aided assistance system including: at least one videoendoscopic instrument configured to capture image data; a controller comprising hardware, the controller being connected with the at least one videoendoscopic instrument; and a display connected or integral with the controller, wherein the controller being configured to automati...