ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,172, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to F.MED Co. LTD. (Fukuoka, Japan).
"Manipulator for microscopic work" was invented by Susumu Oguri (Fukuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parallel link mechanism is configured so that a plurality of linear actuators which are supported on a base are used to linearly shift one end part of each of links so as to move an end effector coupled to the other end parts of the links. The manipulator further includes a rotation support part that is provided between the end effector and the parallel link mechanism and that supports the end effector rotatably around a predetermined rotational axis,...