ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,366, issued on April 7, was assigned to PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Busan, South Korea) and PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (Busan, South Korea).

"Bronchoscopy simulator and control method for same" was invented by Hee Yun Seol (Yangsan-si, South Korea), Seo Rin Kim (Yangsan-si, South Korea), Seok Young Ahn (Busan, South Korea), Hwan Yi Joo (Busan, South Korea), Joon Ho Moon (Busan, South Korea), Jae Young Kim (Busan, South Korea) and Moon Chae Kim (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bronchoscopy simulator includes: a main body part which is formed to be similar to the bro...