US Patent Issued to Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska on Oct. 14 for "Laparoscopic devices and methods of using" (Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,232, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Neb.).

"Laparoscopic devices and methods of using" was invented by M. Susan Hallbeck (Lincoln, Neb.), Jakeb Riggle (Bennington, Neb.), Adam de Laveaga (Omaha, Neb.) and Jake Kaufman (Lincoln, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A number of improvements to laparoscopic devices are described herein, primarily to improve the ergonomic functionality of the devices. For example, an articulating rod system is described, a gripping mechanism is described, and an end effector is described."

The patent was filed on June 27, 2022, under Applicatio...