ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Nov. 19 -- INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12148320 B2, initially filed Nov. 7, 2023) developed by six inventors John Alexander, Sunnyvale, California; W. Andrew Grubbs, Hillsborough, North Carolina; Kaity Yu Emerson, Sunnyvale, California; Morgan Dominice Moore, Sunnyvale, California; Megan Harrision Dew, Sunnyvale, California; and Samuel David Drew, Sunnyvale, California, for "Abdominal hernia simulation model . . .