ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,028, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to MEDICAROID Corp. (Kobe, Japan).
"Surgical instrument and surgery assist robot" was invented by Kaoru Takahashi (Kobe, Japan) and Gen Kurihara (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument according to one or more embodiments may include: a base to be attached to a robot arm; a shaft including one end connected to the base; and a pair of jaw members provided to the other end of the shaft and provided to be rotatable about a first rotation axis so as to be opened and closed to each other, wherein opposing surfaces of the pair of jaw members include groove-shaped recesses, respective...