US Patent Issued to Applied Medical Resources on March 25 for "Residual stress features in organ models" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,777, issued on March 25, was assigned to Applied Medical Resources Corp. (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.).

"Residual stress features in organ models" was invented by Gregory K. Hofstetter (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Simulated tissue structures and methods of making them are disclosed. An elastic first material is placed in tension. An elastic second material is adhered to the first material while the first material is in tension. The adhered second material and the first material in tension forms a first shape of the simulated tissue structure. Tension on the first material is released. In releasin...