US Patent Issued to KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION on Nov. 4 for "Laparoscopic surgery instrument not requiring trocar" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,384, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Laparoscopic surgery instrument not requiring trocar" was invented by Sungsoo Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a laparoscopic surgery instrument that does not require a trocar, the laparoscopic surgery instrument including: a first part inserted into the body of the abdominal cavity and provided with a surgical instrument; and a second part placed outside the body of the abdominal cavity and coupled to the first part to manipulate the operation state of the surgical ins...