ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,423, issued on June 2, was assigned to Applied Medical Resources Corp. (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.).

"Surgical simulation scope system" was invented by Zachary Marin (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Jimmy Ho (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Brannon Smudz (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Sean Kenneday (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Lindsey Chase (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Anay Pandit (Lake Elsinore, Calif.) and Cory Hague (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical simulation scope system is provided as effective as a surgical scope without the added expense and complexities. The surgical simulation ...