US Patent Issued to Stryker European Operations on Oct. 27 for "Surgical fluorescence probe for tumor detection" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,123, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill, Ireland).

"Surgical fluorescence probe for tumor detection" was invented by Kevin Buckley (Saint Lukes, Ireland), Gerard Nunan (Ballincollig, Ireland) and Thomas Stritch (Newmarket, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical sensor system for detecting a tissue type in a surgical procedure is described. The optical sensor system includes an excitation source configured to selectively emit excitation light, a probe comprising at least one fiber coupled to the excitation source and configured to illuminate target tissue with excitation light...