ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,781, issued on July 7, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Systems and methods for imaging using a configurable platform" was invented by John Josef Paul Fengler (North Vancouver, Canada) and Robert Anthony Stead (North Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are systems for fluorescence imaging of an object and methods of use thereof, the systems comprising: an image sensor assembly comprising at least one image sensor; and an optical assembly configured to transmit light emitted from the object to the image sensor assembly, the optical assembly comprising at least one notch filter configured to ...