ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,287, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to MEDICAL MICROINSTRUMENTS INC. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Surgical tool for robotic surgery and robotic surgical assembly" was invented by Massimiliano Simi (Calci, Italy), Giuseppe Maria Prisco (Calci, Italy) and Giorgio Lazzari (Calci, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic surgery assembly includes a medical instrument having a frame, a jointed device having a degree of freedom with respect of the frame, and at least one tendon made of polymer fibers configured for actuating the degree of freedom. The tendon includes a tendon endpoint connected to the medical instrument to exert a tensile l...