US Patent Issued to Stryker on June 16 for "Systems and methods for multi-spectral imaging with a non-mechanical adjustable aperture" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,594, issued on June 16, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Systems and methods for multi-spectral imaging with a non-mechanical adjustable aperture" was invented by Robert Anthony Stead (North Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable aperture for an imager includes a mechanical aperture having an opening for permitting light to pass through the mechanical aperture; and an electro-optic shutter having a hole in at least one linearly polarizing layer such that at least a portion of light incident on the electro-optic shutter can pass through the electro-optic shutter regardless of an operating state ...