ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,266, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to LIVSMED INC. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"End tool of surgical instrument and electrocauterization surgical instrument comprising same" was invented by Jung Joo Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Hee Jin Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Dong Kyu Jang (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a surgical instrument for electrocautery, and in particular, a surgical instrument for electrocautery installed on a robot arm or manually operable in order to be used in laparoscopic surgery or other various surgeries."

The patent was filed on Sept. 26, 2024, under Application No...