ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,124, issued on March 24, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Method and system for maximizing the output of surgical lights" was invented by Wojciech K. Timoszyk (Flower Mound, Texas) and Dustin R. Campbell (Fort Worth, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of locating light includes providing a housing have a plurality of first light sources therein, the housing further including a plurality of second light sources, the housing further having a handle for changing a position of the housing; illuminating an object with light emitting from the housing from the first light sources; grasping the handle of the housi...