ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,815, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to MEDICAL MICROINSTRUMENTS INC. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Surgical tool for robotic surgery and robotic surgical assembly" was invented by Massimiliano Simi (Pisa, Italy) and Giuseppe Maria Prisco (Pisa, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical instrument for surgery includes at least one frame and at least one jointed device. The jointed device includes at least one first joint member, or first link, adapted to connect to at least one portion of the frame and at least one second joint member, or second link. The first joint member is connected by a rotational joint to the second joint member. T...