ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,693, issued on May 13, was assigned to LIVSMED INC. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).
"Instrument for surgery" was invented by Jung Joo Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hee Jin Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an instrument for surgery and, more specifically, to an instrument for surgery which can be manually operated in order to be used for laparoscopic surgery or various types of surgery."
The patent was filed on April 30, 2024, under Application No. 18/651,061.
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