ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,929, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to PRECISION ROBOTICS Ltd. (London).

"Driver module" was invented by Jianzhong Shang (London), Etienne Francois Joseph Dondez (London) and Tamas Csaba Hernadi (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driver module for actuating a tendon, the driver module comprising: a slider comprising a base portion, a tendon receiving portion and a body portion, the tendon receiving portion being spaced apart from the base portion and the body portion extends from the base portion to the tendon receiving portion, the module further comprising a slider receiving portion having a first end and a second end and enga...