ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,716, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to JILIN UNIVERSITY (China).
"Frame-type surgical robot for fracture reduction" was invented by Mei Feng (Changchun, China), Yanlei Gong (Changchun, China), Xiuquan Lu (Changchun, China), Shuxin Dong (Changchun, China), Jiyan Wang (Changchun, China) and Xuzeng Wu (Changchun, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention pertains to fracture reduction technology and introduces a frame-type surgical robot for fracture reduction. This robot comprises a mobile end mechanism and a fixed end mechanism, connected by a connection component. The mobile end mechanism includes a traction component...