ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,002, issued on May 19, was assigned to Seoul National University R&DB Foundation (Seoul, South Korea).

"Augmented reality image using artificial intelligence" was invented by Hyuk Jae Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Tae Ho Lee (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Abesiri Munasinghege Malinga Viduranga (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a method and device for providing a medical augmented reality image using artificial intelligence, and more particularly, provided are a method and device for providing a medical augmented reality image by changing a medical image of a patient captured before an operation according ...