ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,588, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.), SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG (Zug, Switzerland) and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Methods for arthroscopic video analysis and devices therefor" was invented by Brian William Quist (Salem, N.H.), Vishal Jayakumar (Andover, Mass.) and Carlos A. Rodriguez (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and arthroscopic video analysis apparatuses and systems that facilitate improved analysis of videos of arthroscopic procedures are disclosed. With this technology, analytical data related to the video ...