ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,052, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Applied Medical Resources Corp. (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.).

"Electrosurgical system" was invented by Kevin Siazon (Las Vegas), Ryan Pope (Ladera Ranch, Calif.), Vincent Rodriguez (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Devon Augustus (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Duy Nguyen (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) and Patrick Elliott (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical system is provided and includes a bipolar electrosurgical instrument and an electrosurgical generator. The bipolar electrosurgical instrument is arranged to seal and cut tissue captured...