ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,353, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Applied Medical Resources Corp. (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for tissue containment and retrieval" was invented by Alexandra Do (San Clemente, Calif.), Tracy Breslin (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.), Emily Yin (Anaheim, Calif.), Serene Wachli (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Charles C. Hart (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) and Jacob J. Filek (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for tissue containment and retrieval are disclosed. The containment system includes a primary chamber interconnected with a secondary channel extending fro...