ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,473, issued on April 15, was assigned to Applied Medical Resources Corp. (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for tissue removal" was invented by Serene Wachli (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Tracy Breslin (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.), Steven C. Kessler (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Nikolai Poulsen (Irvine, Calif.), Nathan Collins (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Alexandra Do (San Clemente, Calif.), Eduardo Bolanos (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Boun Pravong (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Patrick Elliott (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Matthew A. Wixey (San Jose, Calif.), Wayne Young (Brewster, N.Y.), Jacob J. Filek (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Kev...