ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,165, issued on March 31, was assigned to PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Busan, South Korea) and PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (Busan, South Korea).

"Manufacturing method of bronchoscopy simulator" 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 manufacturing method of a bronchoscopy simulator, includes: a base part printing step in whi...