ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,449, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to NUtech Ventures (Lincoln, Neb.).
"Articulated instrument with simple fabrication" was invented by Carl A. Nelson (Lincoln, Neb.) and Monica Bomze (Mooresville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An articulated instrument and method of its manufacture includes a plurality of segments connected to one another end-to-end, each having a hollow tubular shape defined by a wall, the wall comprising three or more rectangular panels connected along their respective edges at acute angles. A plurality of tendons extends at least partially through the plurality of segments and is configured to apply tensi...