ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,751, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Applied Medical Resources Corp. (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.).

"Lighted surgical access system" was invented by Serene Wachli (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Joel Velasco (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Khodr Saleh (Whittier, Calif.), Alex Diehl (Ladera Ranch, Calif.), Jonathan Rothschild (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Andrew Nguyen (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Ghassan Sakakine (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Patrick Elliott (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Scott V. Taylor (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Steven Kessler (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Deryk Perez (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Luis Salazar (Compton, Calif.)...