US Patent Issued to Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska on April 15 for "Robotic device with compact joint design and an additional degree of freedom and related systems and methods" (Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,517, issued on April 15, was assigned to Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Neb.).

"Robotic device with compact joint design and an additional degree of freedom and related systems and methods" was invented by Shane Farritor (Lincoln, Neb.), Thomas Frederick (Gretna, Neb.) and Lou Cubrich (Lincoln, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments disclosed herein relate to various robotic and/or in vivo medical devices having compact joint configurations and at least three degrees of freedom. Other embodiments relate to various medical device components, including forearms having grasper or cautery end effecto...