ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,779, issued on Feb. 25.
"Surgical instrument" was invented by Sung Joon Shin (Incheon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an apparatus for operation that can be inserted into an incision hole in spinal endoscopic surgery. An apparatus for operation includes a rod, a rotating part rotatably connected to the rod, and a bending part connected to the rotating part and bendable, in which the bending part includes a plurality of links being in rolling contact with each other, and a plurality of wires connecting the plurality of links."
The patent was filed on Jan. 19, 2021, under Application No. 17/793,779.
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