ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,302, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"Surgical visualization systems and related methods" was invented by Daniel Thommen (Liestal, Switzerland), Judith Flock (Basel, Switzerland), Veronique Christine Zollmann (Gebenstorf, Switzerland), William Kane (Newport Beach, Calif.), J. Riley Hawkins (Cumberland, R.I.), Thomas Gamache (Westport, Mass.), John Conidi (Plainville, Mass.), Leonard Bryant Guffey (Duxbury, Mass.) and Eric Kolb (Sandy Hook, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical visualization systems and related methods are disclosed herein, e.g., for providing visualization ...