ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,786, issued on July 14, was assigned to MENTICE AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"System for advanced physician training and patient specific rehearsals" was invented by Pierre Bregeard (Paris) and Pierre-Benoit Pirlot de Corbion (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical training and rehearsal system, including at least one valve; at least one pump fluidically coupled with the at least one valve; a tank for storing a fluid fluidically coupled with the at least one valve; a heater in fluid communication with the tank configured to heat the fluid stored in the tank; at least one surgical approach tube having a proximal end sealingly cov...